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Re:Molecular biology clues portray SARS-CoV-2 as a lab manip... by potiuper on Sunday May 30, 2021 @04:58PM (#27336673)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524054/

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was supported by NIH grants R01AI089728; (to F.L.) and R01AI110700 (to R.S.B. and F.L.).

"To evaluate the potential genetic changes required for HKU4 to infect human cells, we reengineered HKU4 spike, aiming to build its capacity to mediate viral entry into human cells."

Fauci has been director of NIAID since 1984, which is excessive.

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Re:Molecular biology clues portray SARS-CoV-2 as a lab manip... by middleclick on Sunday May 30, 2021 @05:12PM (#27336836)
Fauci has categorically denied on record that they don't fund gain of function research. I am not qualified enough to comment if the re-engineering mentioned here is the same.

I trust Fauci to not lie in a public hearing and to know what he is saying.

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Re:Molecular biology clues portray SARS-CoV-2 as a lab manip... by late2part on Sunday May 30, 2021 @05:55PM (#27337239)
Like when he said we shouldn’t use masks?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/...

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Re:Molecular biology clues portray SARS-CoV-2 as a lab manip... by randcraw on Sunday May 30, 2021 @09:32PM (#27338959)
Being wrong is not at issue, especially when the source reverses their position as better info arises. What's at issue is malevolent intent — knowingly spreading falsehoods. I'm aware of no credible basis for believing the latter about Fauci.
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