Comment by erikhoel

I actually think most working scientists agree about The Science Game. Almost everyone thinks of things this way in their darker moments, or talks among other scientists like that, although it is a bit of an "open secret." For gain-of-function research in particular, I don't imagine it will survive this news cycle. It has been banned for periods of time before (I believe last ban ended in 2017) and there's almost no way it doesn't get and likely stay banned, at least in the USA.