Episode 1661 • • 50:08 - 52:33
1661: Hard Landing
NIH Gain-of-Function Admission, Lockdown Tipping Points
During a congressional hearing, NIH official Lawrence Tabak admitted that the agency funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology that meets the generic definition of gain-of-function. The discussion reflects on the origins of the 2020 lockdowns, identifying the cancellation of South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, as the primary tipping point for national closures.