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Richard H. Ebright @R_H_Ebright - Moeons wil be morons. Sociopaths will be sociopaths.
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Maarten De Cock @mdc_martinus - Still, in 2026: a virologist comfortably celebrating high-risk GoF, calling the experiment that made H5N1 airborne in mammals a “highlight.”
This is what we are up against: bioweapon-making sold as research of “high importance.”*
*It failed to deliver prediction and preparedness.
https://x.com/R_H_Ebright/status/2093522851064062013

Richard H. Ebright @R_H_Ebright - "The findings were (and still are) of high importance for pandemic risk assessment"
Satire? Or just stupidity (shit-for-brains-level stupidity)?
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Stefan Pöhlmann @snpoehlm - Another highlight in the historic papers in virology section: Today fourteen years (and one day) ago Herfst and colleagues reported that H5N1 influenza A virus can be adapted to airborne transmission in ferrets. The findings were (and still are) of high importance for pandemic risk assessment but also triggered extensive discussion about gain-of-function research.
Airborne Transmission of Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Between Ferrets | Science
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1213362
https://x.com/R_H_Ebright/status/2093522662836375660

Richard H. Ebright @R_H_Ebright - Gain-of-function research on potential pandemic pathogens has no civilian or defensive military applications and risks causing pandemics.