Rep. Morgan Griffith

They had live smallpox living in, I mean, it was frozen, but it was in the back of the freezer and it was unlabeled. So the more times you put human involved and there was no outbreak as a result, the more time you have that kind of human involvement where they're taking it in and out of the freezers or refrigerators, they're messing with it in the lab, they're goofing around, doing whatever.

They had live smallpox living in, I mean, it was frozen, but it was in the back of the freezer and it was unlabeled. So the more times you put human involved and there was no outbreak as a result, the more time you have that kind of human involvement where they're taking it in and out of the freezers or refrigerators, they're messing with it in the lab, they're goofing around, doing whatever.

I mean, people do things. And next thing you know, something bad is breaking out on the world that we don't have any information on. And that's what happened. One of those scenarios is what I think happened with COVID-19.

I mean, people do things. And next thing you know, something bad is breaking out on the world that we don't have any information on. And that's what happened. One of those scenarios is what I think happened with COVID-19.

Yeah, well, I agree with you that there's some denial. They're looking at these significant threats, but ones that are more remote instead of looking at the immediate threat. That's the denial. The hysteria is, I think, and this is an opinion based on some information, but it's just part of my gut feeling.

Yeah, well, I agree with you that there's some denial. They're looking at these significant threats, but ones that are more remote instead of looking at the immediate threat. That's the denial. The hysteria is, I think, and this is an opinion based on some information, but it's just part of my gut feeling.

I think that the leaders at the NIH thought they could get ahead of this, and they were so good, they could prevent future outbreaks of bad things like Ebola and Mpox and coronaviruses.

I think that the leaders at the NIH thought they could get ahead of this, and they were so good, they could prevent future outbreaks of bad things like Ebola and Mpox and coronaviruses.

And they didn't look sufficiently at the risks they were taking, and they weren't focused on, and I think this is true across a lot of government agencies, they weren't focused on the day-to-day stuff that's a real problem.

And they didn't look sufficiently at the risks they were taking, and they weren't focused on, and I think this is true across a lot of government agencies, they weren't focused on the day-to-day stuff that's a real problem.

i mean yeah you're right yeah the the antibiotic resistant bacteria there's a big deal i've been pushing for phage therapy i love the concept uh because we're gonna need it and uh i'm probably one of the few people that's actually visited sewage treatment plants for a different reason but that's where you find the the viruses that attack the antibiotic resistant uh uh

i mean yeah you're right yeah the the antibiotic resistant bacteria there's a big deal i've been pushing for phage therapy i love the concept uh because we're gonna need it and uh i'm probably one of the few people that's actually visited sewage treatment plants for a different reason but that's where you find the the viruses that attack the antibiotic resistant uh uh

Bacteria, great book out of a couple, The Perfect Predator, coming out of San Diego State and how they saved that man's life. It's a fun book to read. Lots of good science in it. It's about five or six years old now. Talking about phase therapy. But those are the kinds of things we need to be looking at because that's a worldwide problem. And it's here today. It's not here next month.

Bacteria, great book out of a couple, The Perfect Predator, coming out of San Diego State and how they saved that man's life. It's a fun book to read. Lots of good science in it. It's about five or six years old now. Talking about phase therapy. But those are the kinds of things we need to be looking at because that's a worldwide problem. And it's here today. It's not here next month.

It's not here five years from now. It's here today. And then the dengue fever, you know, yeah, it's a problem.

It's not here five years from now. It's here today. And then the dengue fever, you know, yeah, it's a problem.

I can't help but laugh a little bit at that because when I was in high school, I read a Scientific American article that posited that perhaps the common cold came in on an asteroid because it didn't exist until something like the 12th century. It was not in the medical records anywhere. And then all of a sudden, it's all over the place.

I can't help but laugh a little bit at that because when I was in high school, I read a Scientific American article that posited that perhaps the common cold came in on an asteroid because it didn't exist until something like the 12th century. It was not in the medical records anywhere. And then all of a sudden, it's all over the place.

And so we say that, but we have seen microbial life in several different places in the space. I mean, it's a little out there, but it's possible.

And so we say that, but we have seen microbial life in several different places in the space. I mean, it's a little out there, but it's possible.