https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-still-supports-gain-of-function-research-despite-potential-covid-links/
Biden Still Supports Gain-of-Function
Research Despite Potential Covid Links
National Review, by Jeff Zymeri
Posted By: Dreadnought, 2/27/2023 10:24:16 PM
The Biden administration remains supportive of gain-of-function research despite the potential risks as long as that research is pursued in a safe and transparent manner, national security council communications coordinator John Kirby explained on Monday. The controversial practice involves making pathogens more deadly or transmissible in order to better understand current or future pandemics, and thus be able to respond faster. Funding for the research was halted in 2014 during the Obama administration due to concerns about the risks: If modified pathogens escape the laboratory setting, they can cause pandemics.