>In general, these kinds of conspiracy theories just collapse when you start pulling the threads. You think it's a conspiracy theory that Obama banned GoF rese

>In general, these kinds of conspiracy theories just collapse when you start pulling the threads. You think it's a conspiracy theory that Obama banned GoF research? OK, it was through an OSTP directive working with the NIH rather than an EO, but that's splitting hairs. It also wasn't banned, but only subject to a higher degree of scrutiny. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/10/17/doing-diligence-assess-risks-and-benefits-life-sciences-gain-function-research https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/10/17/doing-d...