Why Is NIH Conducting 'Monkeypox Virus Enhancement' Experiments?
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He engineered the avian influence virus to make it more deadly to mammals by making it air airborne. >> when a virologist revealed details of his work on the h1n1 and infected ferrets. >> they create a virus like h5n1 and trained it to be efficiently transmissible to other animals, that's scary. >> that bird flu work which was partially funded by the nih sparked a debate that led to a 2014 moratorium by the obama administration. that pause was lifted in 2017. under new rules gain of function research was given a very specific definition. >> gain of function research works with a potential pand...
Partially funded by the n.i.h. sparked a debate that led to a 2014 moratorium by the obama administration. that pause was lifted in 2017. under new rules gain of function research was given a very specific definition. >> gain of function works with a potential pandemic pathogen in a way for humans that could enhance its transmissibility. is this sort of gain of function research, was it happening? >> they're working on bats sars like viruses that have never been shown. >> dr. shi told "the new york times" how they conducted experiments that enhance the viruses. >> some how they were trying to ...
>> the research? >> dr. barrett does not do gain a function research. >> sean: one of the scientist to talk to the intercept, dr. richard e breit tweeted "the documents make it clear assertions by the nih director francis collins t and dr. anthoy fauci, the nih did not support gain-of-function research or potential pandemic pathogen at the wuhan lab are untruthful." fauci needs to be fired immediately, now also investigated for lying to congress. but i guess not only does that happen to republicans and conservatives if they lied to congress. then you get 30 guys, tactical gear, predawn raids, ...
We do not fund gain of -- >> the research? >> dr. barrett does not do gain a function research. >> sean: one of the scientist to talk to the intercept, dr. richard e breit tweeted "the documents make it clear assertions by the nih director francis collins and dr. anthony fauci, the nih did not support gain-of-function research or potential pandemic pathogen at the wuhan lab are untruthful." fauci needs to be fired immediately, now also investigated for lying to congress. but i guess not only does that happen to republicans and conservatives if they lied to congress. then you get 30 guys, tacti...