Trump's Gain-Of-Function Research Crackdown Turns Out To Be Narrower Than Expected

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : " The executive order updates the previously expected guidance to broaden the number of experiments covered, defining "dangerous gain-of-function research" as scientific research on any pathogen or toxin with the potential to cause disease by enhancing its pathogenicity or increasing its transmissibility.
43% : The American organization that subcontracted NIAID funding to the WIV, EcoHealth Alliance, as well as its president Peter Daszak, were debarred from federal funding for five years for poor oversight of its partner lab in Wuhan and for not cooperating with federal investigations into the matter.

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