When you have elitist douchebag shot callers like Fauci in positions of power at the organizations that handle the cash allotments, money tends to get diverted to less savory and less ethical studies that nobody would ever donate to. Cancer cures and sick kids are the golden goose when it comes to pulling at heartstrings but experiments on breeding mosquitoes and man-made, deployment-ready apocalyptic flu bugs don't bring it in.