Let's get answers on gain-of-function research from 'convention of civilized countries'

Rand Paul seeking answers on COVID origins, gain-of-function research from 'convention of civilized countries' | Fox News https://t.co/gbHP92G2qi

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) February 4, 2022

“Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says he will advocate for an ‘international convention of civilized countries’ to gather and discuss the dangers of gain-of-function research.

Paul has been one of few leaders in Congress pressing for a hearing on the origins of COVID-19. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) last year acknowledged its efforts to fund gain-of-function research on bats infected with coronaviruses at a lab in Wuhan, China, before COVID-19 broke out and forever altered life around the world.

‘Not only do we need restrictions in our country,’ Paul told Fox News Digital in an interview of the research method. ‘I’m going to be advocating for an international convention of civilized countries to come together and discuss gain-of-function research and the potential harm it could cause on a global scale.’

‘The chances are that [COVID-19] came from the lab — and…we're up to approximately six to seven million people dead throughout the world now — and this with about 1% mortality. If the next virus that gets out has a 15% or 50% mortality…we essentially destroy the underpinnings of civilization,' Paul said.”

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