FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Wednesday, January 23, 2013
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2013-01-23

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DIARY ENTRY — Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 304 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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The “60 day moratorium” on gain-of-function research on respiratory
transmission of HPAI H5N1 influenza in mammals has been lifted by the scientists who
originally signed to moratorium. The moratorium actually lasted just over one full year.
We at HHS and NIH have been developing a framework for making funding decisions
for this type of research (see above – Dec. 17, 2013). The framework should be ready
for implementation in a few weeks and so we can start making funding decisions. Much
press coverage today (I was in NY Times, Wall Street Journal, AP, etc.). The nay-sayers
who feel this research should not be done at all (David Relman, John Roberts (Nobel
Prize winning ass-hole) or should not be published (Mike Osterholm) are still out there
bad-mouthing the decision to lift the moratorium.