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Re:More Scientists Urge Broad Inquiry into Coronavirus Origins by fumbly on Monday May 17, 2021 @06:31PM (#27189210)
"Also, current plans are to expand worldwide collaboration on risky virus research sixfold, through the $1.2 billion Global Virome Project. Shouldn’t we figure out if this research sparked the pandemic before drastically expanding it?"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/cong...

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Re:More Scientists Urge Broad Inquiry into Coronavirus Origins by bagacrap on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:12AM (#27191451)
That's a pretty weak reference because it's part of an opinion piece with no references.

However there's an article in Nature which makes it clearer that the 1.2B figure is just an amount requested by those who suggested the project. A far cry from "current plans" to fund that amount.

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