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2023-03-01 Government Corruption

Biden Supports 'Safe And Secure' Gain-of-Function Research, White House Says

[ZERO] While the White House reported Monday that the U.S. intelligence community has not yet reached a "consensus" on the origins of the COVID-19 virus, the Biden administration voiced support for the practice of gain-of-function research, so long as it was done safely, securely, and with transparency.

As complicated as it is complex, such research generally refers to the intentional manipulation of viruses to make them more transmissible, and therefore more dangerous, in order to study them. Critics argue the risks outweigh any potential reward if this kind of research goes wrong.

Congressional Republicans, led by Sens. Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, and Rand Paul, say that the coronavirus likely leaked from a Chinese research facility in Wuhan that was engaging in that kind of research and have called for a moratorium on federal funding to any university or organizations conducting gain-of-function studies.

When RealClearPolitics asked Monday if President Biden thought gain of function was "prudent," John Kirby, the president’s National Security Council spokesman replied that he did.

"He believes that it’s important to help prevent future pandemics, which means he understands that there has to be legitimate scientific research into the sources or potential sources of pandemics so that we understand it so that we can prevent them and we prevent them from happening obviously," Kirby said before adding that the president believed any such research "must be done in a safe and secure manner and as transparent as possible to the rest of the world."

To sum up, Kirby then told RCP, "I think that’s a fancy way of saying ’yes.’

Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-01 00:18|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Full written disclosure of 'off-shore' research funding coming soon. For National Security reasons, some redactions may apply.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-01 00:23|| 2023-03-01 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Talk about a SPIKE protein: Fauci-backed British virologist Peter Daszak shares Russian study that suggests Covid might've come from a HEDGEHOG - in apparent attempt to deflect lab leak criticism

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-01 08:22|| 2023-03-01 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Funding gain of function research in formerlySoviet and PLA labs doesn’t seem to fit the description of safe and secure. Daszak blaming Sonic the Hedgehog is not going to work out for him.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-01 08:50|| 2023-03-01 08:50|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ But if it's all flattened in a yuge artillery war or contaminated by low-yield nukes, whose to ever find out ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-01 08:54|| 2023-03-01 08:54|| Front Page Top

#5 There is no such thing as safe and secure gain of function research

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2023-03-01 15:01|| 2023-03-01 15:01|| Front Page Top

#6 agree w sock p o d

Posted by lord garth 2023-03-01 19:50|| 2023-03-01 19:50|| Front Page Top

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