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re: Rand Paul says new Wuhan documents show Fauci lied
Posted on 9/7/21 at 3:32 pm to Lou Pai
Posted on 9/7/21 at 3:32 pm to Lou Pai
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I hate Fauci but seems like he was able to play a cheap semantic trick around the definition of "gain of function" and try to get off on a technicality (if memory serves, he was hiding behind the notion that making it jump to different host species doesn't count). What in these revelations is new?
He keeps stating that this isn't technically "gain of function" when it seems to me that is exactly what they are researching. He stated that it would be irresponsible not to study the transmisability of SARS viruses but he wasn't supporting "gain of function" i.e. genetically altering the virus to weaponize it.
Some of this research, to this layman, is definetely dual purpose. It was stopped and restarted by the NIH (Fauci) after 2017 as it was deemed to have valuable benefits. The research would seem to me to have benefits but also could be used for nefarious purposes like bio weapons.
At a minimum he is negligent in trusting the ChiComs and his lack of oversight into exactly what was going on in that lab and the fact that its safety protocols were suspect. He advocated for re-stating this research and signed off on the grant that funded this research in Wuhan.
He owns this as much as anyone
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Posted on 9/7/21 at 3:41 pm to 14&Counting
Using viruses as a gene delivery system is nothing new. Adenovirus, Lentivirus and adeno-associated viral vector systems are commonly used in research and have been tested/explored for clinical applications such as alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency and other genetic disorders. So there is an argument to be made for the value of such research.
A point made earlier that such a technology could be weaponized is certainly a possibility.
I have yet to see credible evidence of that with COVID19. I do think there is a reasonable suspicion that the lab was studying the virus and lost control of it. We know that's a formal possibility. We have BSL 2 and 3 lab designations and practices to avoid such events, but that doesn't mean they were followed or that the investigators were aware of just how transmittable this strain is.
A point made earlier that such a technology could be weaponized is certainly a possibility.
I have yet to see credible evidence of that with COVID19. I do think there is a reasonable suspicion that the lab was studying the virus and lost control of it. We know that's a formal possibility. We have BSL 2 and 3 lab designations and practices to avoid such events, but that doesn't mean they were followed or that the investigators were aware of just how transmittable this strain is.
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