A conspiracy theory that Tony Fauci paid off scientists to cover up a "lab leak" is paying dividends for the conspiracy theorists. Not so much the rest of humanity.
I have a problem with giving grants to "international partners" when the partner is Communist China. They are the enemy. What is more, is this enemy scientifically open? They are not. To this day (correct me if I am wrong) China has not permitted a full inspection of the Wuhan Lab by international observers. This suggests they have something to hide. As to gain of function research, it is, to say the least, risky. Conducting this research could well put a stain--perhaps a deserved stain--on the reputation of virologists.
I have a problem with giving grants to "international partners" when the partner is Communist China. They are the enemy. What is more, is this enemy scientifically open? They are not. To this day (correct me if I am wrong) China has not permitted a full inspection of the Wuhan Lab by international observers. This suggests they have something to hide. As to gain of function research, it is, to say the least, risky. Conducting this research could well put a stain--perhaps a deserved stain--on the reputation of virologists.
In November 2019, Daszak & Baric received a worse impact score of 32 than Bob Garry & KGA's of 27 (page 1161).
https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Q1-Broder-3rd-round-combined.pdf
But that CREID grant funded TA2 in DARPA Defuse. Search "DARPA" and "furin cleavage sites"
No it didn’t.
the "HKU3r-CoV" chimera = SARS-CoV-2 (spike was off by 1%)
lol no “HKU3r-CoV chimera” ≠ SARS2 come on
It was HKU3-Smix in his patent & Defuse, which evolved into HKU3r-CoV in CREID and 2R01 grant:
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21055989/understanding-risk-bat-coronavirus-emergence-grant-notice.pdf