Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-20 13:39:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9CAA4C47F7FE0CE09B5441557C8BBDEF07AF79CE85F55FB43B8729E27C4EC3DC
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Tabak in his own words admitted they performed gain-of-function research. Gain-Of-Function research can and has been used to give non-human pathogens the ability to infect human cells, like the civet-to-human SARS/MERS models. https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/global-affairs/us-national-institutes-of-health-official-finally-admits-taxpayers-funded-gainoffunction-research-in-wuhan-after-years-of-denials/news-story/4e36629ba8f7f920b04d03375274de77 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK285579/
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