Update - Pfizer statement. Part denial, lots of evasion, part admission.
https://beckernews.com/breaking-pfizer-responds-49213/
Pfizer's denial: "In the ongoing development of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer has not conducted gain of function or directed evolution research."
Seems direct - but it's overly-specific, a 'tell' for lie of omission.
The central question: Is Pfizer doing 'directed evolution' or other intentional virus mutants as it creates new, NEW, NEW (get it?) NEW vaxx?
They evade. By sticking to old vaxx.
I never once hit my wife in 2022! he says. Ok dude but you left out 2021, 2023. See the tactic?
And what about Pfizer's drug efforts?
Pfizer's admission - for its current drug: "With a naturally evolving virus, it is important to routinely assess the activity of an antiviral...[so Pfizer does] mutations of the main protease–a non-infectious part of the virus...In a limited number of cases...virus may be engineered to enable the assessment of antiviral activity in cells. In addition, in vitro resistance selection experiments are undertaken...in our secure Biosafety level 3 (BSL3) laboratory..."
Uh-huh.
Wuhan Institute of Virology was supposed to be safe too.
And 'resistance selection experiments', 'mutations of the main protease', 'virus may be engineered' - but it's not gain of function!!! it's not directed evolution!!!
And what are Pfizer's subcontractors up to?
Some countries, like Israel, allow all kinds of bio(weapon) research. Pfizer is known to be tight with Israel e.g. super-generous vaxx contracts. What partners does Pfizer have there?
And what about 'serial passage', the monkey experiments?
Pfizer's statement fails to cover, ie. fails to deny, a lot of things.