In a 2012 scientific paper, Fauci argued that the alleged benefits resulting from gain of function research outweighed the risks. Fauci's reasoning was that the probability of a pandemic arising in nature was greater than viral pathogen escaping from a lab, or his trusted communist partners in the [[Peoples Liberation Army]] using it as an offensive biological weapon.
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In a 2012 scientific paper, Fauci argued that the alleged benefits resulting from gain of function research outweighed the risks.<ref>https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1398286881306128402</ref> Fauci's reasoning was that the probability of a pandemic arising in nature was greater than viral pathogen escaping from a lab, or his trusted communist partners in the [[Peoples Liberation Army]] using it as an offensive biological weapon.