France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal brain disease strikes

Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by echelon on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:07AM (#27984693)

When lab workers studying the very thing they know best can make lethal mistakes, it's surprising that so many jumped to quell any hypothesis of a covid lab leak.

Scientists make mistakes all the time. They're human.

Imagine all of the mistakes you make in your job. Outages. Stupid bugs. It's the same with any profession.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by knownjorbist on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:09AM (#27984724)

You are conflating lab leak with intentionally crafted bioweapon.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by l30n4da5 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:52AM (#27985259)

> You are conflating lab leak with intentionally crafted bioweapon.

> intentionally crafted bioweapon

they didn't mention anything about that anywhere.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by garmaine on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:18AM (#27984825)

Is he? He only talked about lab leaks. You brought up the nonsense bioweapon theory.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by x86_64Ubuntu on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:58AM (#27985327)

But then he goes to the HN endorsed point of "lab leak" hypothesis.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by echelon on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:14AM (#27984771)

A bioweapon that can't be targeted doesn't seem very useful, does it?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by yonaguska on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:27AM (#27984951)

Could easily be both. Bioweapon development that was accidentally leaked.

[ Parent | on HN ]