From someone (Dr. Fauci) who in 2012 reflected as follows on a hypothetical situation:
Imagine “an important gain-of-function experiment involving a virus with serious pandemic potential is performed…what if that scientist becomes infected with the virus, which leads to an outbreak and ultimately triggers a pandemic?…as indeed I have said…
From someone (Dr. Fauci) who in 2012 reflected as follows on a hypothetical situation:
Imagine “an important gain-of-function experiment involving a virus with serious pandemic potential is performed…what if that scientist becomes infected with the virus, which leads to an outbreak and ultimately triggers a pandemic?…as indeed I have said – that the benefits of such experiments and the resulting knowledge outweigh the risks…the time it takes to engage in such a dialog <about whether these experiments should have been performed in the first place> could potentially delay or even immobilize the conduct of certain important experiments and the publication of valuable information that could move the field forward for the good of public health.”
At minimum he and the like value the data and research (and perhaps their resulting status) above all, even at the potential expense of innumerable lives and/or livelihoods. This allows them to align with those who perhaps go beyond those motives. Seems possible that involved parties each got what benefit they desired.
From someone (Dr. Fauci) who in 2012 reflected as follows on a hypothetical situation:
Imagine “an important gain-of-function experiment involving a virus with serious pandemic potential is performed…what if that scientist becomes infected with the virus, which leads to an outbreak and ultimately triggers a pandemic?…as indeed I have said – that the benefits of such experiments and the resulting knowledge outweigh the risks…the time it takes to engage in such a dialog <about whether these experiments should have been performed in the first place> could potentially delay or even immobilize the conduct of certain important experiments and the publication of valuable information that could move the field forward for the good of public health.”
At minimum he and the like value the data and research (and perhaps their resulting status) above all, even at the potential expense of innumerable lives and/or livelihoods. This allows them to align with those who perhaps go beyond those motives. Seems possible that involved parties each got what benefit they desired.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484390/