Not A "Single Good Thing" Has Come From It - President Trump Signs Executive Order Restricting Federal Funding For Gain-of-Function Research * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : "Today, I commend President Trump for his courage and his vision in ending U.S. bioweapons research," he added.
44% : President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to restrict federal funding for gain-of-function research.
44% : "I said that right from day one it leaked out -- whether it was to the girlfriend or somebody else, [a] scientist walked outside to have lunch with the girlfriend or was together with a lot of people -- but that's how it leaked out in my opinion," Trump said after signing the order in the Oval Office.
42% : The order will yank funding from "any present and all future" gain-of-function research -- money which federal agencies have had difficulty tracking -- as well as deputize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies to identify biological research harmful to public health or threatening to national security.

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