I am not really suggesting the real driver of GoF of concern is military contracts, except maybe when looking at public funding sources.
> Meticulous investigation of U.S. government databases reveals that Pentagon funding for the EcoHealth Alliance from 2013 to 2020, including contracts, grants and subcontracts, was just under $39 million. Most, $34.6 million, was from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), which is a branch of the DOD which states it is tasked to “counter and deter weapons of mass destruction and improvised threat networks.”
> Most of the remaining money to EHA was from USAID (State Dept.), comprising at least $64,700,000 (1). These two sources thus total over $103 million.
https://www.independentsciencenews.org/news/peter-daszaks-ec...
I do think our back-and-forth can be useful, at least I learned something and removed some uncertainties.