Vince Colonese
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I do want to ask you about your concerns about what's going on at these really important bio labs, including in the United States. But first, on the mission and kind of the, you know, as you mentioned, COVID, NIH funding going to that Wuhan Institute of Virology, where, of course, it is believed by most thinking people that the virus emerged from. And I wonder, you know, I've heard RFK Jr.
I do want to ask you about your concerns about what's going on at these really important bio labs, including in the United States. But first, on the mission and kind of the, you know, as you mentioned, COVID, NIH funding going to that Wuhan Institute of Virology, where, of course, it is believed by most thinking people that the virus emerged from. And I wonder, you know, I've heard RFK Jr.
talking a lot about this lately, the HHS secretary, and the way he seems to describe a lot of this so-called gain of function research that the president, he just put an executive order out banning so much of it around the planet, funding for so much of it.
talking a lot about this lately, the HHS secretary, and the way he seems to describe a lot of this so-called gain of function research that the president, he just put an executive order out banning so much of it around the planet, funding for so much of it.
talking a lot about this lately, the HHS secretary, and the way he seems to describe a lot of this so-called gain of function research that the president, he just put an executive order out banning so much of it around the planet, funding for so much of it.
The way I'm hearing people like RFK describe it, it sounds like these are Manhattan projects, that they're not actually designed to improve health, but instead they're being sold to the public as health operations when in fact they're the development of bioweapons.
The way I'm hearing people like RFK describe it, it sounds like these are Manhattan projects, that they're not actually designed to improve health, but instead they're being sold to the public as health operations when in fact they're the development of bioweapons.
The way I'm hearing people like RFK describe it, it sounds like these are Manhattan projects, that they're not actually designed to improve health, but instead they're being sold to the public as health operations when in fact they're the development of bioweapons.
So do you have as a part of your focus right now preventing NIH funding, which is for health, being used for things like bioweapons programs?
So do you have as a part of your focus right now preventing NIH funding, which is for health, being used for things like bioweapons programs?
So do you have as a part of your focus right now preventing NIH funding, which is for health, being used for things like bioweapons programs?
So Dr. Bhattacharya, when you, you know, I know you were standing alongside the president. He just put out this executive order banning gain-of-function research funding, especially in these risky and adversarial countries, places like China, which of course makes the most common sense in the world that we would start there.
So Dr. Bhattacharya, when you, you know, I know you were standing alongside the president. He just put out this executive order banning gain-of-function research funding, especially in these risky and adversarial countries, places like China, which of course makes the most common sense in the world that we would start there.
So Dr. Bhattacharya, when you, you know, I know you were standing alongside the president. He just put out this executive order banning gain-of-function research funding, especially in these risky and adversarial countries, places like China, which of course makes the most common sense in the world that we would start there.
But I understand reportedly that there was a more expansive gain-of-function ban considered by the president, that they were contemplating going even further and stopping it, I presume domestically as well. Do we need to go further with banning this research in your personal view?
But I understand reportedly that there was a more expansive gain-of-function ban considered by the president, that they were contemplating going even further and stopping it, I presume domestically as well. Do we need to go further with banning this research in your personal view?
But I understand reportedly that there was a more expansive gain-of-function ban considered by the president, that they were contemplating going even further and stopping it, I presume domestically as well. Do we need to go further with banning this research in your personal view?
Yes, that's right. And I heard RFK also bring up that that kind of gain-of-function research where viruses are made more infectious and more deadly has never once produced a health benefit, which I've been saying for years. I'm sure you've been saying too. So in light of that, if it's all risk and no upside, don't do it. It's never proven to be beneficial in any way.
Yes, that's right. And I heard RFK also bring up that that kind of gain-of-function research where viruses are made more infectious and more deadly has never once produced a health benefit, which I've been saying for years. I'm sure you've been saying too. So in light of that, if it's all risk and no upside, don't do it. It's never proven to be beneficial in any way.
Yes, that's right. And I heard RFK also bring up that that kind of gain-of-function research where viruses are made more infectious and more deadly has never once produced a health benefit, which I've been saying for years. I'm sure you've been saying too. So in light of that, if it's all risk and no upside, don't do it. It's never proven to be beneficial in any way.