"Deep in the underbelly of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, freezers.. store bat tissue from around the world, dating back to the late 1980s."
Toronto, please create a local wildlife trade so that there is some ambiguity in case a lab leak occurs.
cbc.ca/newsinteractiv…
Toronto, please create a local wildlife trade so that there is some ambiguity in case a lab leak occurs.
cbc.ca/newsinteractiv…
You won't need much. Something on the order of 10 civet cats a month will ensure that an adequate number of top virologists will express near certainty that any novel virus must have come from the local food market instead of your lab with thousands of diverse pathogen samples.
"amassed roughly 15,000 bat specimens from 400 different species...
the technique also preserves whatever viruses are hiding in the mammals...
And bats carry a lot of viruses...
... the viruses they carry can sometimes ravage humans."
Enough said.
the technique also preserves whatever viruses are hiding in the mammals...
And bats carry a lot of viruses...
... the viruses they carry can sometimes ravage humans."
Enough said.
Make sure to locate your wildlife market smack in the middle of all the metro and transit intersections, surrounded by local hospitals and elderly care homes.
Just like the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan.
That way if an outbreak happens, scientists can blame it on the market.
Just like the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan.
That way if an outbreak happens, scientists can blame it on the market.
I'm onboard with a global virus database as long as you make sure the data doesn't vanish when pandemics and outbreaks actually occur.
The previous program PREDICT depended upon host governments to approve data for public release. That means some govs could decide to hoard data.
The previous program PREDICT depended upon host governments to approve data for public release. That means some govs could decide to hoard data.
If you're investing $1 billion, you should at least make sure ALL data is deposited into an internationally managed repository where all changes are tracked. Sequencing data should be automatically uploaded to avoid sample history confusion #LessonsLearnt
https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1284904097448067074
While you're at it, build the market so that its retail space is at least as large as a soccer stadium. Then no matter where there are infectious diseases cases in the market, you can safely say that the cases are on the side where the 10 civets were sold.
As a backup, as no market animal samples will be found to have any trace of virus, make sure to import 🦞 from Maine and 🐟 from the Faroe Islands - this will help you to propose a frozen foods / cold chain origin of a novel outbreak #PopsicleOrigins
Jokes aside, why is it so hard for people to understand that the risks are not worth taking?
No matter how brilliant the scientist, someone can get infected by a natural virus collected by the lab and just walk out the door into a densely populated city.
No matter how brilliant the scientist, someone can get infected by a natural virus collected by the lab and just walk out the door into a densely populated city.
https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1466568413753450496
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