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1. The Fox News NIH article is (per usual) leaving out important data. At issue is the term “gain of function”, and whether that research caused the pandemic. But because of the technical nature, and the tendency to cherry-pick data to support a viewpoint — along with unfortunate, misunderstood statements by Fauci, the NIH, and several others — the issue is almost beyond the ability to debate.

   The fact that the WIV and WHCDC labs are in Wuhan, and it is also where the outbreak originated, is for too many “conclusive evidence” that the pandemic was caused by a lab accident, or that it was nefariously let loose. It’s the classic “guilt by association” argument.

   But the simple, overarching fact is that virus’s mutate and jump from animals to humans all on their own. We do “gain of function” research in order to get ahead of the curve. It is this research that found and isolated the “spike protein” portion of the Coronavirus DNA and enabled a vaccine to be made so quickly. FYI: the “spike protein” is the main characteristic of Coronavirus’, of which there are many.

   There has been a lot of debate about the risks of “gain of function” research and it was paused from 2014 to 2017 in order to create safety and oversight protocols. Most globalized countries have known it was inevitable that some kind of pandemic was going to happen at some point. The growing emergence of “species jumping” in nature is why the rewards of “gain of function” research far outweigh the risks.

   There is no conclusive evidence that Covid-19 was created in a lab. The prevalence of “species jumping” in nature makes that the most likely root. Also, Fauci did say it was genetically impossible that the Coronavirus’ they were studying could lead to Covid-19. He did also say NIH did not fund “gain of function” research, which apparently the organization doing the research did not have complete documentation. It really shouldn’t be a big deal to fund this research.

   Also, I think scientists pushed back strongly on the “Lab theory” because they wanted to invalidate Trump’s assertion that the pandemic was China’s “fault”, and mitigate the cursory fallout seen in the Asian community.

   In my opinion, the “Lab theory” is moot. A pandemic was going to happen at some point. The conversation should center around — and never stop centering around — the abject failure of the Trump Administration to deal with it, and the fallout of his “Cult of Personality” in refusing to wear masks, or get vaccinated.

   Here is some further reading:

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/18/fact-checking-senator-paul-dr-fauci-flap-over-wuhan-lab-funding/

   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01529-3

   Comment by Shelley Lucus on October 22, 2021 at 1:18 pm

   

2. In the book Ending Plague – A Scholar’s Obligation in an Age of Corruption, internationally recognized & acclaimed immunologist Dr. Frank Ruscetti (credited around the world as one of the founding fathers of human retrovirology), along with co-authors Dr. Judy A. Mikovits and Kent Heckenlively, described their 30+ years in virology and spoke of NIH’s gain of function involvement and the lies of Fauci, Collins and others. I highly recommend reading this book for an opposing, yet experienced and informed view.

   Comment by Steve on October 22, 2021 at 3:36 pm