{"id":1701188,"date":"2022-10-18T12:41:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701188"},"modified":"2022-10-18T12:48:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:48:49","slug":"boston-university-defends-controversial-study-on-covid-hybrid-strain-with-80-percent-mortality-rate-in-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-university-defends-controversial-study-on-covid-hybrid-strain-with-80-percent-mortality-rate-in-mice\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston University Defends Controversial Study on COVID Hybrid Strain With &#8220;80 Percent&#8221; Mortality Rate in Mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboston-university-defends-controversial-study-on-covid-hybrid-strain-with-80-percent-mortality-rate-in-mice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Boston University issued a statement Tuesday defending its research of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> Omicron strain when they took the\u00a0variant\u2019s spike protein and attached it to the original COVID-19 strain, leading to a higher mortality rate in a certain species of mice, triggering concern among lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Omicron S-bearing virus robustly escapes vaccine-induced humoral immunity, mainly due to mutations in the receptor-binding motif\u2026 while Omicron causes mild, non-fatal infection, the Omicron S-carrying virus inflicts severe disease with a mortality rate of 80 percent,\u201d the preprint study said.<\/p>\n<p>One lawmaker, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/sen-marshall-statement-on-boston-university-risky-gain-of-function-research\/\">said<\/a> that the research entailed \u201clethal gain of function virus research\u201d that creates the \u201cpotential to kill more people than any singular nuclear weapon.\u201d Marshal, a doctor, added that \u201cviruses have managed to escape even the most secure labs\u201d and said such \u201cresearch must stop immediately while the risks and benefits can be investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boston University issued a lengthy statement defending its research and said critics have misrepresented the goals of the study while refuting allegations that the study involved gain-of-function research, which can make a pathogen more deadly or transmissible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe research was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), which consists of scientists as well as local community members,\u201d the statement from Boston University\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2022\/neidl-researchers-refute-uk-article-about-covid-strain\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe Boston Public Health Commission also approved the research. Furthermore, this research mirrors and reinforces the findings of other, similar research performed by other organizations, including the FDA. Ultimately, this research will provide a public benefit by leading to better, targeted therapeutic interventions to help fight against future pandemics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Certain reports about the study were \u201cfalse and inaccurate,\u201d Boston University official Ronald Corley said in a statement. A report from the Daily Mail, he alleged, took the \u201c80 percent\u201d line out of context.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to address the false and inaccurate reporting about Boston University COVID-19 research, which appeared today in the Daily Mail,\u201d said the statement. \u201cFirst, this research is not gain-of-function research, meaning it did not amplify the Washington state SARS-CoV-2 virus strain or make it more dangerous. In fact, this research made the virus replicate less dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Lab Escape? <\/p>\n<p>Addressing concerns that the manipulated COVID-19 Omicron strain could escape Boston University\u2019s laboratory, Corley said the school takes safety seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take our safety and security of how we handle pathogens seriously, and the virus does not leave the laboratory in which it\u2019s being studied,\u201d he said. \u201cOur whole goal is for the public\u2019s health. And this study was part of that, finding what part of the virus is responsible for causing severe disease. If we can understand that, we can then develop the tools that we need to develop better therapeutics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, one doctor interviewed by the Daily Mail expressed alarm over the research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue is what you\u2019re going to be using [the labs] for. If they\u2019re for diagnostic purposes, then you need them. But I don\u2019t think every country needs a BSL-4,\u201d Dr. Paul Hunter, an expert in infectious diseases at England\u2019s University of East Anglia, said,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University issued a statement Tuesday defending its research of a COVID-19 Omicron strain when they took the\u00a0variant\u2019s spike protein and attached it to the original COVID-19 strain, leading to a higher mortality rate in a certain species of mice, triggering concern among lawmakers. \u201cThe Omicron S-bearing virus robustly escapes vaccine-induced humoral immunity, mainly due &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1894889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1701188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1894889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1701188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1701188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1701188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}