This was written by Fauci in 2015, after having been told to stop GOF funding in 2014.
So, ask yourself was this written with the intent to continue GOF funding using slight of hand by muddying the waters so to speak, to enable continuation of funding for GOF research?
Seems likely, as it absolves him from technically, as per definition of GOF research that was now defined, of engaging in GOF funding.
Just too darn convenient, don't you think? To further remove himself, he funded a 3rd party that he knew was funding the Wuhan Lab with the NIH/NIAID funds awarded to Peter Daszak president of EcoHealth Alliance, which had already resulted in another pandemic in 2014.
Gain-of-Function Research: Background and Alternatives
The following pertains to the link directly above:
Board on Life Sciences; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Committee on Science, Technology, and Law; Policy and Global Affairs; Board on Health Sciences Policy; National Research Council; Institute of Medicine. Potential Risks and Benefits of Gain-of-Function Research: Summary of a Workshop. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2015 Apr 13.
Thanks for further clarifying my point exactly.