Posted on 12/24/2024 10:45:32 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
As the H5N1 bird flu virus steamrolls its way across the globe — killing wild animals, commercial livestock and even some people — scientists and health officials fear we’re on the precipice of another global pandemic.
But when, where and how that could come to pass is hard to predict — in part, some researchers say, because of guardrails the federal government has placed around gain-of-function research.
The term describes experiments that seek to understand a virus’ potential to adapt to new hosts, spread more easily, survive longer in the environment and cause those infected to become sicker. Though many scientists view the approach as a critical tool for conducting biological research, other experts have long complained that it’s unacceptably risky — a reputation exacerbated by persistent speculation that the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic was created in gain-of-function experiments in a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
That led many virologists to steer clear of the work to avoid its stigma and regulatory red tape. Some in the field say that has deprived officials of valuable information that could have helped them anticipate and prepare for H5N1’s next moves.
“Do I believe if that research was more widely accepted, we’d have a better grip on this virus and what it might do next? Or how quickly it could change? Or what that would take?” asked Richard Webby, director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Center for Studies on the Ecology of Influenza in Animals and Birds. “YES.”
Felicia Goodrum, a molecular virologist at the University of Arizona, said gain-of-function research could enable health officials to recognize worrisome H5N1 mutations and identify targets for antivirals and vaccines.
“Without it, we’re just flying in the dark,” she said.
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Yes, please!
Especially since he (Bill Gates) wants any/all who question his evil jabs to be censored, by AI .. since we are a threat to society ... and, we’re thereby ‘inciting violence’.
Bill Gates Calls for ‘Anti-Vaxxers’ to Be Censored by AI: Questioning ‘Vaccines’ Is ‘Inciting Violence’
“Don’t deadly viruses mutate to become benign over time?”
You mean like the 1580 flu outbreak? They don’t go away while some of them mutate.
The classical swine H1N1 influenza lineage has evolved continually since 1918. The human H1N1 lineage caused pandemic and endemic influenza from 1918 to 1956, then disappeared entirely around 1957 only to reappear in relatively low-level pandemic form in 1977. It’s mutants are still around and the original is too. They come and they go...for a while. And H1N1 is still remembered in your yearly flu shot as part of the vaccine. Don’t take herd immunity to heart.
wy69
Yep....stars posted that on another thread.
Just unreal, isn’t it?
Thx for posting. Folks need to see what a demon Gates is.
Yes....natural mutations to become more benign, over time. REAL docs/scientists have told us this.
... And H1N1 is still remembered in your yearly flu shot as part of the vaccine. Don’t take herd immunity to heart....
Brought to you, by Pfizer 🙃
Will take a pass on any flu $hot, as well as any mRNA $hot, thank you.
Keep your immune systems up, folks
Fauci funding the next pandemic. It should be named the Fauci flu. Check out the Tucker Carlson podcast with Jenner Furst from a few days ago.
“Felicia Goodrum, a molecular virologist at the University of Arizona, said gain-of-function research could enable health officials to recognize worrisome H5N1 mutations and identify targets for antivirals and vaccines.”
Stupid virology tricks.
Why don’t they just dump all their data of the virus into the same super computer they use to predict global warming? It always has the answer. And it’s non disputeable science.
Idiots, evil, or both.
Because Monkey Pox and UFO’s didn’t work.
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