Wait, WHAT? I was under the impression that Obama had outlawed GoF research in the US. How did this happen?
The author tells you what her evidence is:
” I wondered if the H5N1 strain of bird flu was a gain-of-function creation.”
“The study suggests that this strain may have emerged from gain-of-function research “
She’s “wondering”.
The study “suggests”.
The strain “may have”
She’s telling us that it’s just her hunch that GoF was involved. She doesn’t have any evidence that anyone at that poultry research center was doing GoF.
Leslie Eastman is a self described “citizen activist”. And activists usually have a goal motivating them other than simple curiosity and search for the truth. It’s like taking PETA at face value.