It sounds like the NIH has a definition of 'gain of function' that it uses when deciding whether to fund research or not and the research that was done didn't m

It sounds like the NIH has a definition of 'gain of function' that it uses when deciding whether to fund research or not and the research that was done didn't meet that definition. I think Fauci's testimony is misleading because when Fauci say's no gain of function research was done then his questioners think that means no one was messing with viruses in a way that could have accidentally created a more dangerous virus. But apparently that is still possible under the NIH definition. This happens very frequently when people testify in Congress. They use words in a way that is interpreted in one way by the listener and then when that interpretation is found false they claim the words were meant to mean something different. It is very difficult to work out whether they were being honest and accidentally misled their listeners or whether it was deliberate.