Lab-created bird flu virus accident shows lax oversight of risky ‘gain of function’ research

Inside the high-security Influenza Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, two experienced scientists were pulling ferrets out of their HEPA-filtered cages on a Monday in December 2019. Another researcher, still in training, was also in the room to watch and learn.

Lab-created bird flu virus accident shows lax oversight of risky ‘gain of function’ research

H/T: The Most Revolutionary Act

Pentagon contractors worked in Ukrainian biolabs under $80 million program

Pentagon contractors worked in Ukrainian biolabs under $80 million program

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Note: Ulana Suprun AKA Dr. Death, is an American with Ukrainian heritage (her father-in-law was a suspected Nazi collaborator). She was appointed to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, after the EuroMaidan, and privatized their healthcare system. She’s been accused of embezzling money from the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, as well.

Flashback: Covid’s Possible Gain of Function

I’d dug this old report up early in the day on October 27/21 from my google blog:

Covid’s Possible Gain of Function Origins? Biden’s “Got a Brand New Bag”

Flashback: Covid’s Possible Gain of Function

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The Last–And Only–Foreign Scientist in the Wuhan Lab Speaks Out + The US is concealing its research on deadly viruses — while criticizing China’s secrecy over the Wuhan lab

The Last–And Only–Foreign Scientist in the Wuhan Lab Speaks Out

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The US is concealing its research on deadly viruses — while criticizing China’s secrecy over the Wuhan lab

But the relentless focus on China-based research, and what may have gone wrong there, misses a deeper and more disturbing truth. The vast majority of virology — including the Wuhan study and other gain-of-function research conducted outside the US — is supported by American funding. The training, ethical guidelines, and standards for bioscience adhered to by top researchers worldwide are dominated by US institutions. If it becomes demonstrably true that a cutting-edge laboratory caused a pandemic, either now or in the future, America would deserve the blame, regardless of which country happens to be hosting those experiments.

The U.S. is funding dangerous experiments it doesn’t want you to know about

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