The COVID-19 pandemic was a devastating time for our country. Many people died, others had their lives turned upside down, and the country became a staple for tyrannical government oppression and rampant misinformation. These fallouts also revealed the inadequacies of U.S. public health oversight concerning research involving dangerous viruses and pathogens. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) wants to ensure that doesn’t happen again.
To do so, he devised the “Risky Research Review Act.” This legislation seeks to correct many of the wrongs the government made in the funding it granted in the days, weeks, months, and years leading up to the pandemic. Ensuring such failures never happen again is the impetus for his Risky Research Review Act. It provides a substantive alternative to the oppressive bureaucratic shortcomings associated with the government’s authorization of research funding.
