Dr. Anthony Fauci has long been supporting controversial gain-of-function research, even arguing in 2012 that it should be supported despite the fact that it very well may cause global pandemics, according to research discovered by The Weekend Australian.
The disgraced National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director made this argument in a 2012 article published in the American Society for Microbiology. It was titled, “Research on Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus: The Way Forward,” and Fauci passionately made the case for gain-of-function research.
“Putting aside the specter of bioterrorism for the moment, consider this hypothetical scenario: an important gain-of-function experiment involving a virus with serious pandemic potential is performed in a well-regulated, world-class laboratory by experienced investigators, but the information from the experiment is then used by another scientist who does not have the same training and facilities and is not subject to the same regulations,” Fauci wrote.
“In an unlikely but conceivable turn of events, what if that scientist becomes infected with the virus, which leads to an outbreak and ultimately triggers a pandemic? Many ask reasonable questions: given the possibility of such a scenario—however remote—should the initial experiments have been performed and/or published in the first place, and what were the processes involved in this decision?” he added.
Fauci surmised that it would be worth the risk of causing a global pandemic in order to continue his mad science experiments where dangerous viruses are strengthened in laboratory settings.
“Scientists working in this field might say—as indeed I have said—that the benefits of such experiments and the resulting knowledge outweigh the risks. It is more likely that a pandemic would occur in nature, and the need to stay ahead of such a threat is a primary reason for...
