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What is Gain-of-Function Research & Who is at High Risk?
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6 years ago
Experts are raising alarms. Is anyone listening? Yes, humans are now capable of artificially creating more virulent and more deadly pathogens from viruses and bacteria found in nature. Is the...
Why US outsourced bat virus research to Wuhan
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The Federal government imposed a moratorium on gain-of-function research in the United States due to safety concerns in 2014. The NIH bypassed the moratorium by funding foreign gain-of-function...
The Genetic Engineering Genie Is Out of the Bottle and Could Unleash the Next Pandemic
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6 years ago
Yes, drag out the tried-and-true conspiracy theory defense. Just because SARS-CoV-2 is not a genetically modified organism doesn't mean the virus wasn't man-made in a research laboratory. But...
COVID-19: Chinese Frozen Seafood Product Found With SARS-CoV-2 Strains, Possibly Exported
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6 years ago
Isn't China focusing attention on fish kinda fishy? Did these fish come from the fish market in Wuhan that the Chinese government destroyed? Amazing how the experts jump in to meet a political...
Local Officials in China Hid Coronavirus Dangers From Beijing, U.S. Agencies Find
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6 years ago
Yes, a rush to judgement. Science is a slow process. And the possibility that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was man-made in a research laboratory raises ethical/moral questions that the scientific...
Was COVID-19 Manmade? Meet the Scientist Behind the Theory
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6 years ago
Eliminate the possible and what remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Preeminent experts (in the United States) have been warning about the dangers of gain-of-function research creating...
Might SARS‐CoV‐2 Have Arisen via Serial Passage through an Animal Host or Cell Culture?
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6 years ago
The Pekingese dog breed is man-made; not a result of natural evolution. The Pekingese was created by a serial process similar to that of gain-of-function manipulation under controlled...
