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As for policy consequences, how about this one: The United States directly and indirectly funded the Wuhan laboratory, and so bears some responsibility for the
by Empact 5y ago
As for policy consequences, how about this one:
The United States directly and indirectly funded the Wuhan laboratory, and so bears some responsibility for the virus. It also appears Fauci and others were aware of the deficiencies of the institution. The US should end its support for dangerous research in institutions outside of its purview.
- unyttigfjelltol 5y agoFauci would have been pushed aside, along with EcoHealth Alliance. The biggest policy consequence is in the headline-- our leaders in health and media would have possessed a lot more credibility than they do now. The consequences of 'polarization' of facts can't be overstated.
- speeder 5y agoI am not from US. Back during early pandemy when not only some US politicians blamed China, Chinese politicians blamed US, when people asked me in person about it, I would explain that both are saying the truth. Obama banned gain of function research in 2015, right after some papers about Coronavirus specifically attracted attention. The fact that US government continued not just gain of function research, but research into Coronavirus exactly, that was what caused the ban in first place, is something I think the US citizens really need to figure out what to do about it.
- louloulou 5y agoIt continued because the ban on GOF research was lifted in 2017 (https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-lifts-funding-pause-gain-function-research https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statem...)
- Paradigma11 5y agoAfaik the US did not fund GoF research in the Wuhan Lab which is blamed. How did funding different research make the US responsible?