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The impact of this year's election will be felt in the Commonwealth for the next DECADE!
We have an incredible opportunity to kick three activist Supreme Court justices off the bench, elect two principled statewide judicial candidates, and change the future of crime in Philadelphia.
There is nothing left to do but drive out EVERY REPUBLICAN to the polls on Tuesday November 4th and SWAMP the polls with Republican votes.
On Tuesday vote:
❌ NO on Wecht
❌ NO on Donohue
❌ NO on Dougherty
✅ Maria Battista for Superior Court
✅ Matt Wolford for Commonwealth Court
✅ Judge Pat Dugan for Philly DA
#PAGOP #VoteNO #BackTheBench #Election
Involvement in Gain-of-Function Research and COVID-19 Origins Debates
Both have been vocal defenders of GOF research, which faced moratoriums (e.g., 2014–2017) due to biosafety concerns. Emails from Freedom of Information Act requests reveal Taubenberger and Morens as Fauci’s key liaisons to the scientific community during GOF debates pre-2020. Post-COVID emergence, they co-authored editorials dismissing GOF critics as “Luddites” and supported the natural zoonotic origin theory, downplaying lab-leak hypotheses. For instance:
• In 2020, Taubenberger and Morens defended EcoHealth Alliance (a U.S. nonprofit funding Wuhan Institute of Virology research) against funding cuts, aiding its survival despite NIH scrutiny over data withholding.
• Taubenberger collaborated with Fauci associates like Kristian Andersen and Eddie Holmes in early 2020 briefings that shaped public messaging on COVID origins.
Critics, including pandemic experts like Laura Kahn, argue this stance prioritized research continuity over transparency, especially given NIAID’s funding of Wuhan-linked GOF work.