{"id":2449,"date":"2024-01-15T17:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seanvwork.com\/blog\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2024-01-26T17:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:20:14","slug":"december-2017-nih-lifts-funding-pause-on-gain-of-function-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seanvwork.com\/blog\/december-2017-nih-lifts-funding-pause-on-gain-of-function-research\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2017 NIH Lifts Funding Pause on Gain-of-Function Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an important event that happened leading up to Covid: NIH Lifts Funding Pause on Gain-of-Function Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure how involved the Trump Administration was in terms of giving the O.K. on this or not. A few years ago, I had heard something to the effect that Trump gave the O.K. for this (basically, to undo an Obama action). A lot of people that grill Fauci always go straight to the gain-of-function issue. It’s worth noting the timeframe on this one.<\/p>\n

For the record, I’m not a huge fan of either Obama or Trump. It’s actually kind of nice to live outside the red and blue divide. I think it allows you to think a bit more clearly.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Jan 25, 2024<\/h2>\n

I watched a Breaking Points<\/a> segment featuring Emily Kopp<\/a> talking about the origins of COVID. On the show, journalist Ryan Grim had this to say:<\/p>\n

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"We're talking about a pandemic that killed 25MM ppl…The evidence points to a small group of people, breaking rules, because the Obama admin had put in place restrictions around this type of research, that they went around in order to do this"- @ryangrim<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/MqHgawmdJc<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sean Work (@seanvwork) January 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n