criticalmass2

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by criticalmass2 3y ago
The purpose of the research was to contribute to our understanding of emergent viruses. I mentioned several other contributions of that class of research, namely vaccine and antiviral development. Understanding how viruses mutate also infor
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by criticalmass2 3y ago
Quoting Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: "Some want to pass a law: All gain-of-function should be stopped. But if all gain-of-function stops, you will have no vaccines for
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by criticalmass2 3y ago
Can't tell if this is a serious question, but the answer is: yes, obviously. Without the decades of research the death toll would have been orders of magnitude higher. Consider the platform technology revolution in how vaccines are mad
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by criticalmass2 3y ago
The downside would be no vaccines for any diseases, as all vaccines are derived from "gain of function" research. There is also not conclusive evidence that this latest pandemic was the result of a laboratory accident. Every other
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by criticalmass2 3y ago
The term “gain of function” is used by different people in different ways. It is a broad category of research and the misguided attempts to categorize it as dangerous in one broad stroke are not helpful. To quote Dr. Fauci: "If all ga
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by criticalmass2 3y ago
This has nothing to do with bioweapons. The reality is that throughout all of human history, viruses have evolved organically in the environment in such a way that they are infectious to humans. Viruses will continue to evolve and future pa