Kennedy also pointed to a new National Institutes of Health policy that he said is intended to prevent federal funding for dangerous gain-of-function research in the future. "The media malpractice is really what I think we should focus on because they were anybody who questioned Dr. Fauci was put in was like put off on an island. According to Kennedy, the research involved a technique designed to alter viruses while concealing evidence of laboratory manipulation. It has nothing to do with public health. It's the inverse of anything you would want to do with public health."