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'''Biological weapons''' are infectious or toxic agents used in warfare. In the [[Western world]], they are banned under the Biological Weapons Convention of 1975<ref>http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/%28httpPages%29/04FBBDD6315AC720C1257180004B1B2F?OpenDocument</ref> but some countries still have stocks of them. Biological weapons have the potential of a deadly threat against [[civilian]] [[population]]s.
'''Biological weapons''' are infectious or toxic agents used in warfare. In the [[Western world]], they are banned under the Biological Weapons Convention of 1975<ref>http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/%28httpPages%29/04FBBDD6315AC720C1257180004B1B2F?OpenDocument</ref> but some countries still have stocks of them. Biological weapons have the potential of a deadly threat against [[civilian]] [[population]]s.
==United States==
===Gain of function===
In a 2012 scientific paper, [[Dr. Anthony Fauci]] of the U.S. [[National Institutes of Health]] argued that the alleged benefits resulting from gain of function research outweighed the risks.<ref>https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1398286881306128402</ref> On October 17, 2014, the [[Obama administration]] announced a moratorium on gain-of-function research.<ref>https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/10/17/doing-diligence-assess-risks-and-benefits-life-sciences-gain-function-research</ref> The moratorium was lifted by the Obama [[White House]] in January 2017, eleven days before President Trump was sworn into office.
In March 2018, Peter Daszak's EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) submitted a funding request to the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA) for bat coronavirus research called Operation Defuse. It was rejected as too dangerous.<ref>https://twitter.com/VigilantFox/status/1480740626161414145</ref> DARPA gave as the reason's for rejection:<ref>https://assets.ctfassets.net/syq3snmxclc9/5OjsrkkXHfuHps6Lek1MO0/5e7a0d86d5d67e8d153555400d9dcd17/defuse-project-rejection-by-darpa.pdf</ref>
{{quotebox-float|''DRASTIC independently assesses that the tone of the proposal (see for instance the ‘our cave complex’) and the deep suggested involvement of some of the WIV parties ([[Shi Zheng Li]] employed half-time for 3 years - paid via the grant - and invited to DARPA headquarters at [[Arlington, Virginia|Arlington]]), may not have helped either - especially in the absence of any DURC [Duel Use Research of Concern] risk mitigation program.''
''It is clear that the proposed DEFUSE project led by Peter Daszak could have put local communities at risk by failing to consider the following issues:''
- Gain of Function
- Dual Use Research of Concern
- Vaccine epitope coverage
- Regulatory requirements
- ELSI (ethical, legal, and social issues)
- Data Usage}}
[[File:Govt Advisors SHRED Documents Detailing Fauci Obama-Era Work With Wuhan Lab.PNG|right|275px|thumb|In February 2022 it was reported that government advisors shredded documents detailing the Obama administration's work with the Wuhan Lab.]]
Fauci however, cast aside the [[Pentagon]]'s concerns and picked up the project, funding to be continued at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and in [[North Carolina]]. Fauci's reasoning was that the probability of a pandemic arising in nature was greater than a viral pathogen escaping from a lab, or his trusted communist partners in the [[Peoples Liberation Army]] using it as an offensive biological weapon.<ref>https://youtu.be/_Rt_dcAh8JI</ref>
==China==
==China==