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Topic	What is the deal with "#ExposeFauci" trending?
Trumble 01/13/22 3:04:04 PM #23:	ThyCorndog posted... whats this gain of function thing they keep saying. rightoids seem to think it destroys fauci or something like that Gain of function is a kind of research where an infectious agent, such a virus, is deliberately made more potent for the purpose of lab experiments. One theory - which seemed plausible at one point but I believe is pretty much ruled out now (though I haven't been keeping the closest eye on that side of things) - was that the Wuhan virology institute was engaging in such research and developed SARS-CoV-2 (the covid virus) in the process, releasing it either deliberately (very few people ever took this possibility seriously) or via an accident (this one was a far more realistic scenario). --- Let's make some Trumble. <cite>Trumble posted [p:961718957] in What is th... [t:79848674]...</cite> <quote>ThyCorndog posted... </cite> <quote>whats this gain of function thing they keep saying. rightoids seem to think it destroys fauci or something like that</quote>Gain of function is a kind of research where an infectious agent, such a virus, is deliberately made more potent for the purpose of lab experiments. One theory - which seemed plausible at one point but I believe is pretty much ruled out now (though I haven't been keeping the closest eye on that side of things) - was that the Wuhan virology institute was engaging in such research and developed SARS-CoV-2 (the covid virus) in the process, releasing it either deliberately (very few people ever took this possibility seriously) or via an accident (this one was a far more realistic scenario). --- Let's make some Trumble.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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