“He believes that it’s important to help prevent future pandemics, which means he understands that there has to be legitimate scientific research into the sources or potential sources of pandemics so that we understand it so that we can prevent them and we prevent them from happening obviously … [any such research] must be done in a safe and secure manner and as transparent as possible to the rest of the world.”
– White House spokesman John Kirby, on gain-of-function virus research.
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