Some don’t want to investigate a lab leak because they worry the outcome of confirming a lab origin of covid might be cataclysmic.
In other words, they might be thinking it is better to risk lab-based pandemics in the future than to confront the origin of the current pandemic.
In other words, they might be thinking it is better to risk lab-based pandemics in the future than to confront the origin of the current pandemic.
As I tweeted that, I got tagged by @joshrogin in news that virus hunting is getting a new infusion of 💰
https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1445716272264605705
I don’t think that scientific decisions are currently being guided by the strong possibility that this type of virus hunting and manipulation research might have led to the covid-19 pandemic.
Are there any new biosafety/biosecurity safeguards? Any way to ensure transparency and accountability should a future pandemic ensue from another country harvesting and experimenting with novel viruses from nature?
We’ve seen how easy it is for a country to refuse to share data.
We’ve seen how easy it is for a country to refuse to share data.
Are we all going to be back in this situation in 2031 trying to track the natural origin of a novel viral outbreak occurring on the doorsteps of a lab studying that same type of virus?
Where are my raccoon dogs?
Where are my raccoon dogs?
Can the people funding and driving more virus hunting research look every family hurt by covid-19 in the eye and honestly tell them that your research will definitely not cause a pandemic in the future?
Or if it does, that those responsible will be held accountable?
Or if it does, that those responsible will be held accountable?
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