WASHINGTON, June 1, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged in 2012 that controversial “gain-of-function” research carried the “remote” possibility of triggering a pandemic, but argued the benefits would “outweigh the risks,” according to remarks newly unearthed as worldwide COVID-19 deaths near 3.6 million.
Last month, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) confronted Fauci during a Senate hearing over the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) role in funding gain-of-function (GOF) research — which involves intentionally strengthening viruses to better study their potential effects — at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Such research could have given birth to COVID-19.
Fauci insisted that his department, the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID), “never” funded any such research. Paul then referred to the NIAID’s grant to the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance “to study bat-based coronaviruses in China,” including “gain-of-function” research, which in turn funded the Wuhan research. Fauci then claimed the grant recipient assured them at the time that GOF work would not be done with the money.
Now, Weekend Australia reports that Fauci actually argued in an October 2012 piece for the American Society for Microbiology that GOF research was worth it, despite knowing the risks.
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