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Re:Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed by onethought on Monday March 22, 2021 @05:32PM (#26547435)
As has been pointed out, it will happen again no matter what. The vectors of deadly disease occurring are huge. The response is the piece we can properly control.
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Re:Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed by esja on Monday March 22, 2021 @05:40PM (#26547559)
If it is shown that this occurred because scientists took a virus and made it much more infectious to humans, banning that sort of research would mitigate a lot of the risk.
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Re:Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed by Jcowell on Monday March 22, 2021 @05:47PM (#26547688)
Would it ? I mean it’s the same for nuclear. You can try to Ban it but someone will eventually get it. The difference here is that Nuclear Weapons aren’t formed in nature will virus can be.
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Re:Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed by esja on Monday March 22, 2021 @05:59PM (#26547847)
Viruses may be formed in nature, but we've been dealing with that for all of our evolutionary history. Gain of function experiments are new and introduce much greater dangers.
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