Looks like we did fund gain of function research at a certain lab in China. Wonder why the good doctor categorically dismissed the “escape from lab” theory. . . . .
I had a chuckle at this one again this morning. Fauci states that nobody in the entire chain believes they were funding gain of function research. You mean the same chain that would be politically tarnished if they admitted it?
C’mon man.
Rand Paul is poking at something that I think needs to be poked at…namely why the U.S. bureaucracy is funding virus research in communist China. I’m amazed that more people are torqued off about this.
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Sic transit gloria mundi (so shut up and get back to work)
By and large it appears that Covid and Fauci’s extensive role is a patent story and about big money. The link below is about 200 pages to include the list of the 5100 patents that surround the virus. Who did what and who got what and when. Pfizer got the first patent in 1990 which was abandoned. For rabbit coronavirus infections.
What started as a veterinary vaccine took a big turn when gain of function specialist Dr Ralph Baric at UNC and the Fauci got wind of it starting in May of 2000. Quite an evolving story involving commercial actors, the military, major universities, NGOs, non profits and laws violated. Wuhan does not seem to appear until 2013. The commercial actors list begin on P27. There is a pretty good timeline starting on P17
The authors did a good job of unwinding what happened. Judge for yourself.