EXCLUSIVE: Trump CDC Director expresses concern about gain-of-function research, recalls shuttering MD germ lab
Redfield commented during his interview that Zhengli's research indeed included gain-of-function research, and warned against cutting safety and security corners when working on such things.
"I am concerned that the gain of function research, if it's done, needs to be in containment labs that are highly contained and have multiple backup capacityRedfield noted that early in his CDC tenure, he made the call in 2019 to shut down a U.S. Army germ laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland because of"serious" protocol violations there.
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