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2024-05-19 11:02:10 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FA9BB5372329B6870943E0920963C8378A3B0FF3B999FC1E82E41511865A4C1A
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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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