> So, what is the call to action here? Stop researching gain of function entirely? I'd say it's this: > We need to decide whom to believe: the people with a l

> So, what is the call to action here? Stop researching gain of function entirely? I'd say it's this: > We need to decide whom to believe: the people with a lot to lose and their not-very-parsimonious or plausible-sounding explanations, which receive almost all the media attention; or the people with expertise and parsimonious explanations who don’t have a dog in this fight.