re: OT: Alabama Coronavirus Thread (see link in OP for case numbers and death totals in AL)

Conspiracy elements aside, it is factual that in January, the chair of Harvard University's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology was arrested by the FBI for lying about a lucrative contract he signed with China's Wuhan University of Technology.

NPR: Acclaimed Harvard Scientist Is Arrested, Accused Of Lying About Ties To China

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In an affidavit unsealed Tuesday, FBI Special Agent Robert Plumb said Lieber, who led a Harvard research group focusing on nanoscience, had established a research lab at the Wuhan university — apparently unbeknownst to Harvard.

"Lieber was also awarded more than $1.5 million by WUT and the Chinese government to establish a research lab and conduct research at WUT."

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