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Biden Rehires Obama’s ‘Gain Of Function’ Risk Analyst.

Andrew Hebbeler, an Obama-era official tasked with overseeing the administration's review of funding "gain of function" research – a form of pathogen manipulation which many believe led to COVID-19 – was re-appointed under President Joe Biden, serving in the same agency: the Office of Science and Technology Policy.[...]