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Researchers at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, are facing criticism after merging different forms of the coronavirus to create a highly-lethal version of the disease, according to a new report from the Daily Mail. The researchers, who work for Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, created the "Omicron s-carrying variant" by adding the Omicron variant's spike protein to the original Wuhan strain of COVID-19. After creating the strain, the scientists infected 10 test mice with the disease. 8 out of 10 of these mice, or, eighty percent, succumbed to the infection. For their testing, the researchers also infected another group of mice with the ordinary Omicron variant in an attempt to see how their bodies responded to the strain compared to those infected with the Omicron s-carrying strain. In this experiment, none of the mice infected with the original Omicron variant died. This new research has not been peer reviewed. The experimenters are reportedly attempting to study the effects of spike proteins when they are connected to a more dangerous version of the virus.
Credit to CIDRAP Not everyone is happy that scientists in Boston are creating highly-lethal versions of COVID-19, however. A leading government scientist in Israel, Shmuel Shapira, said of the tests: "This should be totally forbidden, it's playing with fire." Likewise, Dr. Richard Ebright, who is a chemist at Rutgers University in New Jersey, criticized the Boston researchers and discouraged against the creation of more COVID-19 strains. He said: "The research is a clear example of gain of function research. If we are to avoid a next lab-generated pandemic, it is imperative that oversight of enhanced potential pandemic pathogen research be strengthened." This comes as legislators call for investigations into the lab in Wuhan, China, that was experimenting with diseases shortly before COVID-19 was first found. Have comments? Share them below. Recently, The Informed Youth announced our Insiders initiative. If you become an Insider, you'll get early access to some of our projects, a special "thank you" message from Haddon Lockyer, and more. Plus, you'll be supporting young conservatives. How cool is that? Find out more. The Informed Youth is America's newest conservative source for reliable and factual news, brought to you by the Nation's patriotic young people. Learn more about us by clicking here, and sign up for our mailing list below. If you would like to support our cause, click the Donate button below:
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