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The Appalling Moral Failure of Francis Collins By John G. West, VP and Sr. Fellow at the Discovery Institute Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced his intention to step down at the end of 2021 after more than 12 years heading the agency. The accolades are already rolling in. Noted evangelical political commentator David French, for example, rushed to praise Collins as "a national treasure." But Collins's real legacy is anything but praiseworthy, and the tendency of figures in the faith community to ignore his real record is far from admirable. This year of all years should have made the truth about Francis Collins clear. Last month, documents were released suggesting that top NIH officials may have lied when they denied that the NIH had funded "gain of function" research in Wuhan, China, that could have resulted in a pathogen that could infect humans. After reviewing the documents, Rutgers University biologist Richard Ebright had a blistering re