Creating lab hybrids of coronavirus raises pandemic potential risks (2015)

Posted by DidISayTooMuch on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:11PM
from the nature.com dept.

https://www.nature.com/news/engineered-bat-virus-stirs-debate-over-risky-research-%201.18787

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Re:Creating lab hybrids of coronavirus raises pandemic poten... by DidISayTooMuch on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:12PM (#25635473)

From the article: "An experiment that created a hybrid version of a bat coronavirus — one related to the virus that causes SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) — has triggered renewed debate over whether engineering lab variants of viruses with possible pandemic potential is worth the risks..."

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Re:Creating lab hybrids of coronavirus raises pandemic poten... by ada1981 on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:37PM (#25635893)

RootClaim.com was giving 81% chance C19 was an accidental lab release.

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Re:Creating lab hybrids of coronavirus raises pandemic poten... by DidISayTooMuch on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:37PM (#25638497)

Thanks for the link. Not sure why Hacker News doesn't want to hear the truth.

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