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Old 05-25-2021, 11:14 PM
 
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The Senate approves Rand Paul's (R-KY) amendment to a bill that bans all gain of function research in China from receiving US funding by unanimous voice vote."

Is this why Rand Paul is getting death threats?
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Old 05-26-2021, 07:47 AM
 
Location: Rural Wisconsin
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I wasn't sure what gain of function research was, so I looked it up, and it is too complicated for my science-challenged brain to even want to try to summarize, but here is the article I read.

https://www.news-medical.net/life-sc...-Research.aspx

Why do you think the Rand Paul's bill MIGHT be the reason for Rand Paul's death threats?

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Old 05-26-2021, 07:54 AM
 
Location: NMB, SC
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I wasn't sure what gain of function research was, so I looked it up, and it is too complicated for my science-challenged brain to even want to summarize, but here is the article I read.

https://www.news-medical.net/life-sc...-Research.aspx

Why do you think the Rand Paul's bill MIGHT be the reason for Rand Paul's death threats?
Basically gain of function is playing Dr Frankenstein and slicing and dicing viruses from different species to create new viruses that attack human cells. They do that in hopes of finding cures.

Now there would be no need to find a cure if you hadn't created that new virus.....
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Old 05-26-2021, 07:58 AM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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1. It passed by unanimous voice vote so who exactly would be ticked off about it?



2. It’s the most “shutting the barn door after the horse bolted” legislation I’ve ever seen and it will probably be worked around if people at the NIH and NIAD are ambitious enough. That slug Fauci won’t be around for future research but no matter. The next government goon will step up.
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Old 05-26-2021, 07:59 AM
 
Location: Rural Wisconsin
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Basically gain of function is playing Dr Frankenstein and slicing and dicing viruses from different species to create new viruses that attack human cells. They do that in hopes of finding cures.

Now there would be no need to find a cure if you hadn't created that new virus.....
(Bold added)

But I'm innocent! I didn't do it! I swear!
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Old 05-26-2021, 08:10 AM
 
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Pretty sad that Rand had to uncover this, fight for the truth, bring it to the attention of the American people, and get politicians to ban the Facui led organization for funding it.
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Old 05-26-2021, 08:15 AM
 
Location: NY
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Good! But didn't Fauci say this research was also being done in North Carolina as well? They need to ban it everywhere.
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Old 05-26-2021, 08:18 AM
 
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I'm glad they did that.
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Old 05-26-2021, 08:19 AM
 
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Wasnt this still a "conspiracy theory" just a few weeks ago? And "how dare you about fraucci"
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Old 05-26-2021, 11:31 AM
 
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1. It passed by unanimous voice vote so who exactly would be ticked off about it?

China might be ticked off. Billionaires making money from the research in China might be ticked off.

This bill is a good start but we need more de-funding of China.
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