Dr. Andrew Huff

Or strong physical security.

But when you look at what's actually happened in terms of accidents and lab leaks throughout history and recent history, I mean, speaking of this, you know, Ralph Baric and his laboratory, he's had a series of leaks at his laboratory over years.

You know, where people, their employees have gotten sick.

And typically it's one of the people working in the laboratory is accidentally exposed because it's a virus that you can't see.

And the way that disease incubates inside a person and how the bioevent timeline is, we call it, the amount of time it takes for a person to become sick,

They leave the lab and then they become sick at home.

And then that's when the disease becomes a transmission risk to the community.

So that's just the very nature of how people behave, how people work in the laboratory, how human biology and physiology works.

I mean, this is the nature of the beast.

And it's very difficult to prevent those types of diseases.

I guess, to the community and the greater population.

I've always been against it.

It actually divides the scientific community or it used to pre-COVID.

I think there's probably more scientists and experts against gain of function.

It seems like certainly the general population is against it.

Not all gain of function technology is bad.

For example, insulin is made from a form of gain of function and there are many diabetic people and they require insulin.

Now, if we're talking about gain of function research on

pathogens which have pandemic potential, it's a no-brainer.

It's a stupid idea.