To the folks saying (or hoping) “don’t worry, I’m sure labs around the world are conducting research more safely now.”
Where is the evidence of this happening? How do we know that people approving and conducting risky experiments have turned over a new leaf?
Where is the evidence of this happening? How do we know that people approving and conducting risky experiments have turned over a new leaf?
See this letter to Congress by dozens of US scientific orgs:
“We urge you to reject attempts to impose restrictions on federally funded research or the operations of federal science agencies based on premature conclusions about how the pandemic emerged.”
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“We urge you to reject attempts to impose restrictions on federally funded research or the operations of federal science agencies based on premature conclusions about how the pandemic emerged.”
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There’s no new moratorium, no new framework, no new review process for risky pathogen research.
The exact same processes that rubber stamped chimeric virus research using human pathogen MERS-CoV are still in place.
No scientist believes they will be the one to cause a pandemic by accident. How could you work under that kind of stress?
It’s always some sloppy person in a different country working under sloppy conditions. That’s what people like to think.
Accidents happen to the best of us.
It’s always some sloppy person in a different country working under sloppy conditions. That’s what people like to think.
Accidents happen to the best of us.
When Covid-19 emerged, scientists should’ve said, “Ok, maybe an accident happened, but don’t panic, we will investigate and share all the data in a timely and transparent manner. Accidents happen to the best of us.”
Instead they went with “a lab accident is a conspiracy theory.”
Instead they went with “a lab accident is a conspiracy theory.”
Because what we need now are more labs across more countries around the world working with unpublished novel animal viruses, not disclosing the research they’re conducting or their biosafety standards. (Sarcasm warning.)
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How can the response to “we don’t have enough operational and maintenance funds for our high biosafety labs” be “let’s build high biosafety labs in every city of our country”?
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