Look, a UFO!
Posted on 02/27/2023 5:13:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The news that the US Department of Energy gathered new intelligence showing COVID-19 likely originated in a Chinese virology lab was a major topic at Monday’s White House press conference.
That probably explains the absence of Karine Jean-Pierre, who has shown no ability to handle tough questions from even normally friendly members of the press. Instead, John Kirby took the podium, and he didn’t do much better.
In an incredibly bizarre exchange, Kirby endorsed gain-of-function research when asked whether the president believes the “reward outweighs the risk.”
"Does the president believe that the reward outweighs the risk when it comes to gain-of-function research?"
John Kirby: "It's important to help prevent future pandemics … I think that's a fancy way of saying yes." pic.twitter.com/Svo5w5b1DV
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) February 27, 2023
It’s hard to express how insane that answer is. We are still in the (hopefully) last stages of a global pandemic that killed millions of people, and the cause was almost certainly gain-of-function research done by the Chinese government. With that as the backdrop, why in the world would the White House be endorsing that type of research as worth the risk? What exactly has happened in the last three years that seemed like a good trade-off to Joe Biden?
I can’t fathom how anyone could make the case for gain-of-function in the current environment with a straight face, though Kirby tried his hardest to do so, ending with an affirmative “yes” to the question after talking himself in circles for a good minute or so. With everything we know, the White House apparently still can’t make a basic condemnation and pledge to stop future gain-of-function research (at least with American taxpayer money).
There are two explanations that I can see making sense here. The first possible one is that Kirby is simply a dunce who didn’t understand the question and/or lacked basic knowledge of what gain-of-function research is. That’s not a bad bet given how unimpressive the White House comms team is.
The second explanation is a bit more insidious. Is the White House still trying to cover for China and the administration officials who have spent years attempting to dismiss the lab leak theory? To admit that gain-of-function research is bad and needs to stop would be to admit that deadly mistakes were made, and figures like Dr. Anthony Fauci have been loathed to do anything but defend the Chicoms on that front.
I certainly hope that’s not what’s going on here, but I wouldn’t put anything past the Biden administration, which already has a long history of playing pattycake with the Chinese. Regardless, I think most can agree it’s inexplicable for the White House to put its stamp of approval on gain-of-function research after everything the world has been through with COVID-19. Anyone would be forgiven for asking what in the heck is going on.
Veritas fired James for exposing this at Pfizer.
Advocating crimes against humanity.
Look, a UFO!
Gain of function research was performed at University Chappel Hill which incuded participants from China, e.g. the bat lady.....before Fauci arranged funding for the Wuhan lab research.
The Chicoms own Joe, they quite literally own his ass, and likewise they own Kirby. They'll say what they're expected to say and cover for their masters.
Kirby’s answer apparent confidence (despite its insanity) won’t cause much of a ripple in (low-information) folk’s “thought” processes. His answer helps to bolster the narrative perpetuating the cover-up of the scamdemic that furthers eugenicists’ population control, both culling the herd numerically and cowing fearful, grieving surviors into obedience to their coming, communistic dictatorship.
He’s shoving it in our faces that the elites think GoF is a good thing (toward their ends).
“Look, a UFO!”
No disrespect, but you’re a little behind. It’s, “Look, another train wreck!” now.
Uh, can anyone tell us what the ENERGY DEPT. was doing investigating a medical / biological issue?
It’s good for factual information to come out, but you’d think the investigators should be knowledgeable about virology and so on.
Maybe they snuck into the lab under the guise of evaluating the HVAC System? - hahahahaha.
RE: Uh, can anyone tell us what the ENERGY DEPT. was doing investigating a medical / biological issue?
This will come as a shock to many folks, but the Department of Energy is one of the largest funders of basic and applied science in the US.
Remember it owns and operates a number of the national labs, including Livermore, Los Alamos, Sandia, Oak Ridge, Berekely, Argonne, SLAC, Fermilab, and Brookhaven. For historical reasons having to do with understanding radition effects it has alwasy funded a lot of work in the biological sciences as a consequence of which is has a large number of unique capabilities. Because of these, and the fact that DOE has lead the large scale high performance computing effort, it was largely responsible for the human genome sequencing effort.
Now, to be clear, DOE itself is just a sprawling federal bureaucracy of middling competence. But the laboratories it operates are first rate.
Trump has no excuse for not stopping gain of function by Executive Order after the covid-19 lab leak/release.
He’s never even mentioned the words gain of function, that I can find, anywhere.
In your pathetic world Trump has no excuse for drawing his next breath. You can save yourself some energy and just make this your canned response, even on threads that have NOTHING to do with Trump, just by saying 'Trump has no excuse' the end.
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