"Splitting hairs on the definition of “gain of function” research is not productive (“Anthony Fauci, Rand Paul and Wuhan,” Review & Outlook, July 26). Despite the federal government’s 2014 definition, genetically modifying a pathogen to increase its transmissivity to human cells—as the Wuhan Institute of Virology was doing—must count. Sen. Paul is correct and Dr. Fauci demonstrated that he is a political, not medical, animal.
What was the purpose of funding research at the Wuhan lab given its collaboration with the People’s Liberation Army? I beg to differ with your statement that “the reality is complicated.”
A quote by Pope Benedict XVI is appropriate for the gain-of-function debate: “Science becomes pathological and a threat to life when it takes leave of the moral order of human life, becomes autonomous, and no longer recognizes any standard but its own capabilities.”
Richard W. Hurst, Ph.D.
Thousand Oaks, Calif."
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