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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>  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 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>  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 but it was rejected as too dangerous.<ref>https://twitter.com/VigilantFox/status/1480740626161414145</ref> Daszak's proposal was called Operation Defuse. DARPA gave as the reason's for rejection:<ref>https://assets.ctfassets.net/syq3snmxclc9/5OjsrkkXHfuHps6Lek1MO0/5e7a0d86d5d67e8d153555400d9dcd17/defuse-project-rejection-by-darpa.pdf</ref>

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.''

{{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.''