Eric Walker added Let's talk about GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH, which I wrote about šhereš. Some GoF takes deadly pandemic-potential diseases and seeks to make them ... even deadlier. You'd think the US govt would want to keep a tight leash on that. They don't... /1 to Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2
Eric Walker added COVID-19 origin probe renews debate over 'gain of function' experiments - CSMonitor.com to a number of topics
Eric Walker added 2/5 Btw, I'm agnostic as to origins of SARS-CoV-2 but accidental lab release has from outset seemed worth investigating, in +to searching for natural origin. Data and openness is lacking on the very earliest phases of the pandemic ā though more old samples and data may yet exist. to Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2
Eric Walker added Covid Lab-Leak Theory Renews "Gain-of-Function" Research Debate - The New York Times to a number of topics
Eric Walker added The Routes Of Viral Traffic - NOEMA to a number of topics
Eric Walker added Lab-Leak Theory: Kristian Andersen On His Fauci Email and Covid Origins - The New York Times to a number of topics
Eric Walker added Shi Zhengli, A Virologist in Wuhan, Speaks Out Against 'Lab Leak' Theory - The New York Times to a number of topics
Eric Walker added 1/9 I have been asked about actions we can take to avoid SARS3. I am not a virologist, but I have followed the SARS2 story for 15 months, so I can try and frame a few ideas. Things need to be AVOIDED, while others need to be DONE. to Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2
Eric Walker added Bad Faith Fauci - YouTube to a number of topics
Eric Walker added WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Footage proves bats were kept in Wuhan lab | Sky News Australia to a number of topics
Eric Walker added The Implications of the Lab-Leak Hypothesis to Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2, 2020-02 Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19 and The lab-leak theory of the origin of SARS-CoV-2
Eric Walker added Iām going to make a long thread later today going through natural origin arguments recently presented on TWiV and the Washington Post. But before that, I think the responsible thing to do is to explain what virology is. What do virus researchers do? Why is this work important? to Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2
Eric Walker added āPOTENTIAL PANDEMIC PATHOGENSā Fauci announces the lifting of the pause on gain-of-function funding at NIAID Advisory Council meeting, Jan 2018. He is so upbeat here. The GOFfather. Full talk is here: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=26934 to 2020 Anthony Fauci and the Covid-19 pandemic, Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and Anthony Fauci and the origin of SARS-CoV-2
Eric Walker added The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19ās Origins | Vanity Fair to a number of topics
Eric Walker added British doctor Peter Daszak worked with Wuhan scientists and had secret plan to stop lab leak theory | Daily Mail Online to a number of topics
Eric Walker added Molecular Biology Clues Portray SARS-CoV-2 as a Gain-of-Function Laboratory Manipulation of Bat CoV RaTG13 to a number of topics
Eric Walker added The Sudden Rise of the Coronavirus Lab-Leak Theory | The New Yorker to a number of topics
Eric Walker added Fauci And Sen. Rand Paul Spar Over Wuhan Lab Research And Covid-19 Origin to a number of topics
Eric Walker added a number of topics and a number of links to The lab-leak theory of the origin of SARS-CoV-2, and added The lab-leak theory of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 to Laboratory accidents and Origin of SARS-CoV-2
Eric Walker added 2015-11 Engineered bat virus stirs debate over risky research, 2015-11 A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence and 2017-12 US government lifts ban on risky pathogen research and a number of links to Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2, and added Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2 to Gain-of-function research (GOF) and The lab-leak theory of the origin of SARS-CoV-2
Eric Walker added 2014-12 Gain-of-function experiments: time for a real debate, Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and 2014-10 U.S. Government Gain-of-Function Deliberative Process and Research Funding Pause on Selected Gain-of-Function Research Involving Influenza, MERS, and SARS Viruses and a number of links to Gain-of-function research (GOF), and added Gain-of-function research (GOF) to Virology
Eric Walker added a number of links to A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence, and added A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence to a number of topics
Eric Walker added US government lifts ban on risky pathogen research and 1/ The Jan 31-Feb 2 timeline is so significant because it reveals the origins of the lab leak cover up. As soon as Fauci saw the Science article he knew he had a big problem. This kicked off a frantic 48h in which Fauci planted the seeds for a natural origins narrative. to US government lifts ban on risky pathogen research, and added US government lifts ban on risky pathogen research to Nature (journal), Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and National Institutes of Health (United States)
Eric Walker added Engineered bat virus stirs debate over risky research : Nature News & Comment and 1/ The Jan 31-Feb 2 timeline is so significant because it reveals the origins of the lab leak cover up. As soon as Fauci saw the Science article he knew he had a big problem. This kicked off a frantic 48h in which Fauci planted the seeds for a natural origins narrative. to Engineered bat virus stirs debate over risky research, and added Engineered bat virus stirs debate over risky research to Nature (journal), Gain-of-function research and the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)