NIH Principal Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak admits NIH did fund Gain-of-Function research in Wuhan

On May 16, 2024, NIH Principal Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak admitted that the NIH did fund Gain-of-Function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
"Yes we did... it poses no harm or threat to anybody."
Three years ago, on May 11, 2021, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Dr. Anthony Fauci, had a heated exchange about the funding of gain of function research at the Wuhan Virology Institute in China and whether he supports it. Dr. Fauci denied that there was funding of the research, saying, "We have not funded gain of function research on this virus in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. No matter how many times you say it, it didn't happen."

Note that Lawrence tries to muddy the waters by calling it “generic” Gain-of-Function.” This is yet another prevarication designed to confuse the mainstream media and its consumers.
The definition of Gain-of-Function and its attendant risks were clearly defined in a 2015 Workshop titled POTENTIAL RISKS AND BENEFITS OF GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH, hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2015. As stated in the introduction:
On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the U.S. government launched a 1-year deliberative process to address the continuing controversy surrounding so-called “gain-of-function” (GoF) research on respiratory pathogens with pandemic potential (White House, 2014a).
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/21666/chapter/2

“It’s time for the U.S. government to quit playing along with this charade and refer all of these liars to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.” (John Leake)

Further reading:
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/nih-dep-director-lawrence-tabak-admits

Sources:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4962333/senator-paul-dr-fauci-clash-research-funding-wuhan-lab
https://twitter.com/i/status/1791163153465659560
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/nih-dep-director-lawrence-tabak-admits