JTN: As state and federal institutions balk at the release of documents that could unveil a fuller picture of gain-of-function research preceding the emergence of COVID-19, a conservative Texas lawmaker is going on the offensive against such research in the Lone Star State.
Republican Sen. Bob Hall introduced legislation (SB 1583) that would prevent Texas institutions of higher education or those funded by taxpayers from conducting GoF research on “potentially pandemic pathogens” (PPP) or funding entities that do so. State funds would be revoked for violation.
Such research “is happening in our own backyard and I have heard there may be a direct connection with Wuhan and the COVID-19 virus,” Hall said in a press release Monday, also citing “a concern that these viruses can also be mutated to create biological weapons.” more
Shoot ’em on Sight or Get a Rope
A fine for gain of function research?
That’ll save humanity.
There is a Level 4 research lab in Galveston, Texas that does gain of function experimentation. It is very near the cruise ship terminals.
Gilligan came from Mexico?
The Professor?
Mary Anne?
The Ginger?
The Skipper?
Or the Millionaires?
Can we just put Texas in charge of the USA and be done with it?