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Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/u> <\/a>(CDC) director Robert Redfield, a virologist, slammed gain-of-function research as not worth the risk during the House\u2019s hearing on the origins of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Redfield appeared in a Wednesday panel in front of the House COVID origins select committee, where he blasted the controversial research method, saying he is not aware it has ever created a treatment or “life-saving vaccines.”<\/p>\n

“No, on the contrary, I think it probably caused the greatest pandemic our world has seen,” Redfield told committee chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, who asked if gain-of-function research has ever stopped a pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Redfield also answered in the negative when Wenstrup asked if he believes there are any “tangible benefits” to gain-of-function research.<\/p>\n

The former CDC director also stressed that his scientist colleagues who engage in the research are “people of good faith” who “truly believe” the research will yield benefits.<\/p>\n

“I personally don\u2019t, but I do want to stress, I think the men and women that support it are people of good faith because they truly believe it\u2019s going to lead to a potential benefit,” Redfield said.<\/p>\n

“I disagree with that assessment,” he added.<\/p>\n

Redfield also said<\/u><\/a> he does not view gain-of-function research as being worth the risk but the decision to engage in the research should not be left to scientists “alone,” calling for a “broader societal debate” on the matter.<\/p>\n

The former CDC director also said that he “absolutely” believes the Wuhan Institute of Virology was engaging in gain-of-function research.<\/p>\n

Redfield also said during the hearing that he told former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/a> in 2020 that he did not believe natural spillover \u2014 the virus traveling from animals or plants to humans \u2014 was “scientifically plausible” with the origins of COVID-19 and was excommunicated from talks on the virus.<\/p>\n

“It was told me they wanted a single narrative and I had a different point of view,” Redfield said.<\/p>\n

Redfield also noted<\/u><\/a> the evidence disputing the wet market origin theory of COVID-19 in China, saying we “now know that there were infections as far back as September” of 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-cdc-director-slams-gain-function-research-probably-caused-greatest-pandemic-history <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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