An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu is ravaging the U.S. food supply, infecting birds in all 50 states and spreading to mammals including humans.
So why is the Department of Agriculture working with Wuhan-affiliated experimenters in China to create more dangerous bird flu viruses in the lab?
The USDA-CCP experiments with highly pathogenic avian influenza entail repeatedly infecting animals, including ducks, geese, and quail, in labs with bird flu strains using gain-of-function techniques known to make viruses deadlier and more transmissible to study the viruses’ “potential to jump into mammalian hosts.” The specific bird flu viruses being experimented with include H5NX, the type that caused the current outbreak.
Then, during a USDA budget hearing in March, House Appropriations Committee member Ben Cline also criticized the project exposed by White Coat Waste and“Why are we still working with the Chinese government on risky virus research when it has violated U.S. grant and gain-of-function policies, obstructed COVID origin investigations, and refused to share critical data on U.S. COVID research in the Wuhan lab?” Cline asked. He closed with, “You’re doing a disservice to our national security.
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