Senate cheers as Paul amendment banning US funding of ‘gain of function’ research is passed
May 26, 2021 | Tom Tillison
Amid a sudden interest in the origins of COVID-19 and all eyes on China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, the U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to ban the funding of the gain of function research in that country.
The amendment, introduced by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and sponsored by a number of other Republican senators, was added to the Endless Frontier Act, a broad technology investment bill.
“We don’t know whether the pandemic started in a lab in Wuhan or evolved naturally,” Paul said in a statement. “While many still deny funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, experts believe otherwise. The passage of my amendment ensures that this never happens in the future. No taxpayer money should have ever been used to fund gain-of-function research in Wuhan, and now we permanently have put it to a stop.”
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