Another fun wrench in the gears of easy categorization of factors is that the research was halted under Obama and restarted under Trump: https://www.nationalre

Another fun wrench in the gears of easy categorization of factors is that the research was halted under Obama and restarted under Trump: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-nih-gain-of-function-research-decision-wasnt-partisan/ https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-nih-gain-of-functi... Likely enough not in any meaningful way attached to either president, though.