The evidence is becoming ever more clear that the Covid-19 virus leaked out of China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. This pandemic horror is focusing attention on gain-of-function research, whereby scientists study ways to makes viruses more infectious and more deadly.
Whatever rationales proponents come up with for this kind of activity—Dr. Anthony Fauci has long been a powerful supporter—enhancing viruses in such ways is a mortal threat to humanity. Accidents are inevitable, yet gain-of-function research is growing with little effective oversight.
This segment of What’s Ahead calls for immediate measures, domestically and internationally, to deal with this devastating threat.