Asking the Question

Why did Fauci outsource Gain-Of-Function testing to the Wuhan lab?

Seven weeks ago I had never heard of Dr. Anthony Fauci.  He came into my consciousness only in the past seven weeks.  Until then he was ust a faceless functionary, a scientist at something called the National Institute of Allergies and Infections Diseases and (NIAID).

Evidently, back several years ago, the US placed a moratorium on Gain-of-Function testing because it was insanely dangerous.  The US had real concerns about an extremely dangerous virus getting out and causing a global pandemic.

And, Fauci, because he's a scientist and wanted to continue research that he felt was vital to something or other, outsourced the research.

In the face of a moratorium in the US, Dr Anthony Fauci – the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and currently the leading doctor in the US Coronavirus Task Force – outsourced in 2015 the GOF research to China’s Wuhan lab and licensed the lab to continue receiving US government funding.

So, Fauci wanted to do research that he was forbidden to do in the United States and he outsourced the work to a lab in Wuhan, China.  Now, he's a household name as the leading expert and the head of Trump's task force.  He's studying the virus in great detail, a virus that he was instrumental in creating has gotten out and caused a global pandemic.

And yet, not one US journalist is interested in following this story, or even asking Fauci about his role in starting this pandemic.  They have had plenty of opportunity.  It appears that Dr. Fauci created this monster and now he's lecturing us daily on "safe and effective".  What unbelievable arrogance.