Changes

*9 January - Obama White House lifted the ban on gain-of-function research.<ref>https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2017/01/09/recommended-policy-guidance-potential-pandemic-pathogen-care-and-oversight</ref><ref>https://www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/documents/p3co-finalguidancestatement.pdf</ref>

*9 January - Obama White House lifted the ban on gain-of-function research.<ref>https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2017/01/09/recommended-policy-guidance-potential-pandemic-pathogen-care-and-oversight</ref><ref>https://www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/documents/p3co-finalguidancestatement.pdf</ref>

*11 January - Anthony Fauci made a presentation at Georgetown University stating that there is “no doubt” Donald J. Trump will be confronted with a surprise infectious disease outbreak during his presidency.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=285342982614327</ref>  Biden chief of staff [[Ron Klain]] was also in attendance.<ref>https://www.healio.com/news/infectious-disease/20170111/fauci-no-doubt-trump-will-face-surprise-infectious-disease-outbreak</ref>

*11 January - Anthony Fauci made a presentation at Georgetown University stating that there is “no doubt” Donald J. Trump will be confronted with a surprise infectious disease outbreak during his presidency.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=285342982614327</ref>  Biden chief of staff [[Ron Klain]] was also in attendance.<ref>https://www.healio.com/news/infectious-disease/20170111/fauci-no-doubt-trump-will-face-surprise-infectious-disease-outbreak</ref>

:*[[Ron Klain]]: “It’s hard to think of a more important time to show a willingness to speak out in the public health community and the global health community than it is right now on the eve of Donald Trump becoming our next president. The risks have never been higher, and the question of his perspective on these issues has never been more dubious than it is with Donald Trump.”

:*Anthony Fauci: "The history of the last 32 years that I have been the director of the NIAID will tell the next administration that there is no doubt they will be faced with the challenges their predecessors were faced with...We will definitely get surprised in the next few years."

:*Ron Klain: “It’s hard to think of a more important time to show a willingness to speak out in the public health community and the global health community than it is right now on the eve of Donald Trump becoming our next president. The risks have never been higher, and the question of his perspective on these issues has never been more dubious than it is with Donald Trump.”

*14 Januay - ''Politico:'' Before Trump’s inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918’.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/trump-inauguration-warning-scenario-pandemic-132797 </ref>  

*14 Januay - ''Politico:'' Before Trump’s inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918’.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/trump-inauguration-warning-scenario-pandemic-132797 </ref>  

*23 February - ''Nature'' publication raises questions about the BSL-4 laboratory in Wuhan, the Wuhan Institute of Virology asking whether experimentation with deadly viruses was a good idea.

*23 February - ''Nature'' publication raises questions about the BSL-4 laboratory in Wuhan, the Wuhan Institute of Virology asking whether experimentation with deadly viruses was a good idea.