'I don't believe in evolution,' Greene said while in conversation with ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon. 'I believe in God.'
, in which scientists deliberately enhance pathogens in a lab to study their spreadability and prepare for future pandemics. This kind of research can also help scientists create vaccines and treatments in response to the pathogen.
Conspiracy theories about the origin of the coronavirus have spread for over a year. Gain-of-function research has now become something of a household term after conspiracy theorists tried to connect Dr. Anthony Fauci toOpponents to this research method say scientists are unnecessarily exposing humans to more dangerous viruses this way.
Bannon then interrupted Greene, asking if she believed in gain-of-function research. Greene said didn't believe in this method of research because "I don't believe in evolution," she told Bannon.
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