Worth noting SARS-CoV designation for GoF vaccine development has been used for decades in pre-pandemic planning. The pivot seems to be part of the theater of casting this as "novel" rather than one more transfection experiment in an ocean of Biotech synthetic biology experiments.
Fun to search for "SARS-CoV" or even better search "however" for disclaimers their petrie dish & animal models do NOT reflect results w wild type virus or human immune systems.
Worth noting SARS-CoV designation for GoF vaccine development has been used for decades in pre-pandemic planning. The pivot seems to be part of the theater of casting this as "novel" rather than one more transfection experiment in an ocean of Biotech synthetic biology experiments.
Fun to search for "SARS-CoV" or even better search "however" for disclaimers their petrie dish & animal models do NOT reflect results w wild type virus or human immune systems.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161206155142/http://www.gryphonscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Risk-and-Benefit-Analysis-of-Gain-of-Function-Research-Final-Report.pdf