Funding GOF research was stopped in the US in 2014. One of reasons given, I believe, was increasing danger of accidents and leakage that would create a pandemic.
So, let's go with that; Over concern for safety, GOF is essentially outsourced to… China.
China? Safety?
My question is, if you are concerned about BIO accidents, wouldn't banning it, or it's funding, outright, WW, or, lord forbid, go anal on improving safety in US labs be a more circumspect route?
Looking at the cast of the 'playas' in 2014, have to wonder if GOF was outsourced to China because the real danger was that the accident issues wrt to GOF research could have been addressed successfully if it remained in the US.
Pelosi said that, "It's good to have a nuke in your pocket when negotiating with Trump", The Fauci corollary of that ideology is looking like, "It's good to have a pandemic in your pocket when negotiating with Trump".
"Hanging is too good …", or something like that, may be the catch phrase when this bullshit is laid bare.