Gain of function research is a high-risk activity with insufficient benefits that should not have been conducted.

“this was a very you know this was 1% of 1% of 1% of science. You know this wasn't you know the rest of science is fine in terms of safety. It's it's just uh uh you you could have confined the damage to one corner of the discipline and then you'd have got full marks for investigating yourselves”

Government officials lied about the nature of the gain of function research being conducted at the University of North Carolina.

“Dr. Barrett does not doing gain of function research. And if it is, it's according to the guidelines and it is being conducted in North Carolina. There it is, he's not doing it. But if he is doing it, it's doing according to the guideline.”

Dr. Hooker believes that gain-of-function research is equivalent to developing bioweapons and that Fauci orchestrated a cover-up to hide this work.

“No, it's straight-up bioweapons, and it's a straight-up incestuous relationship between the intelligence community, the Department of Defense, and HHS.”

Igor Kurganov advocates for stricter safety protocols or stopping certain gain of function research to prevent lab leaks.

“I think some of these things just let's not do it.”

Research into enhancing pathogens to understand their infectiousness is highly controversial and poses significant risks of accidental release.

“there are people who say this is absolutely crazy you know as one source said to me it's like it's like looking for a gas leak with a lighted match and there are other people who say this is absolutely essential”

Gain of function research is too dangerous to pursue and the COVID-19 pandemic was a direct consequence of this science in laboratories in Wuhan.

“And my own conclusion which I'm allowed to have is that the virus was a consequence of gain of function research in the laboratories in Wuhan and it wasn't a consequence of natural evolution.”

She claims that Dr. Fauci bypassed legal restrictions to fund gain-of-function research.

“this whole story led me to the the story of gain of function research. how Fouchy bypassed a lot of um really important laws in order to make sure that we could funnel money towards this kind of research.”