Fauci co-authors WaPo op-ed defending H5N1 GoF research

After NSABB controversy over engineered H5N1 transmissibility papers, Fauci, Nabel, and Collins publicly defended the research as a risk worth taking — policy backdrop Paul later invoked.

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A flu virus risk worth taking — Fauci, Nabel & Collins (Washington Post op-ed)

Tier 3 · news · The Dec 30 2011 op-ed itself, all three authors bylined

A flu virus risk worth taking (Wayback Machine copy)

Tier 3 · news · Non-paywalled archive of the op-ed