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„In a limited number of cases when a full virus does not contain any known gain of function mutations, such virus may be engineered to enable the assessment of

„In a limited number of cases when a full virus does not contain any known gain of function mutations, such virus may be engineered to enable the assessment of antiviral activity in cells.“ via https://nitter.net/Tim_Roehn/status/1619281947741806592#m https://nitter.net/Tim_Roehn/status/1619281947741806592#m so they practice gain of function. and i bet they don't do that in the us. wasn't there some interesting back and forth about ominous us led bio engineering labs in the ukraine? someone with a link to that senate hearing with rand paul iirc. </TFH>

unlikelymordant 4y ago
"It is important to note that these studies are required by U.S. and global regulators for all antiviral products" - i think this bit of the paragraph you highlighted changes the meaning somewhat.
- tonetheman 4y ago
  Exactly this. It is laughable that the conservatives/Republicans/Fascists of my country (US) are all against evil X. And they literally do not understand what evil X is. But they are indeed against it. It is hard to see what the end game of this nonsense. I am sure there is an ending part to it but so far it is just dummies saying gain of function over and over hoping it sticks.
  - djitz 4y ago
    conservatives/Republicans/Fascists of my country Speaking of saying something over and over and hoping it sticks..
    - LBJsPNS 4y ago
      There's sufficient evidence to back up that statement.
- ren_engineer 4y ago
  big pharma definitely isn't known for handing large sums of money to regulators and outright creating many regulations to entrench themselves and creating a moat for startups. These multi-billion dollar multinational corporations having nothing but the publics best interest at heart and don't care about profit at all
- nhchris 4y ago
  In addition to the fact that pharma tends to write their own regulations, as ren_engineer pointed out, it's ambiguous what "these studies" refers to. It could refer only to the "in vitro resistance selection experiments" mentioned, and not require gain-of-function engineering - a requirement I would find highly surprising.

unlikelymordant 4y ago

"It is important to note that these studies are required by U.S. and global regulators for all antiviral products" - i think this bit of the paragraph you highlighted changes the meaning somewhat.

tonetheman 4y ago
Exactly this. It is laughable that the conservatives/Republicans/Fascists of my country (US) are all against evil X. And they literally do not understand what evil X is. But they are indeed against it. It is hard to see what the end game of this nonsense. I am sure there is an ending part to it but so far it is just dummies saying gain of function over and over hoping it sticks.
- djitz 4y ago
  conservatives/Republicans/Fascists of my country Speaking of saying something over and over and hoping it sticks..
  - LBJsPNS 4y ago
    There's sufficient evidence to back up that statement.
ren_engineer 4y ago
big pharma definitely isn't known for handing large sums of money to regulators and outright creating many regulations to entrench themselves and creating a moat for startups. These multi-billion dollar multinational corporations having nothing but the publics best interest at heart and don't care about profit at all
nhchris 4y ago
In addition to the fact that pharma tends to write their own regulations, as ren_engineer pointed out, it's ambiguous what "these studies" refers to. It could refer only to the "in vitro resistance selection experiments" mentioned, and not require gain-of-function engineering - a requirement I would find highly surprising.