Why experts are terrified of a human-made pandemic and what we can do to stop it

Re:Why experts are terrified of a human-made pandemic and wh... by giantg2 on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @01:36PM (#30922175)

“highly resistant if not immune to human-targeted biological threats,”

This seems a tall claim. I would have liked to see details on this.

"At least 20 of those [BSL4] labs have been built in the last decade, and more than 75 percent are located in urban centers where a lab escape could quickly spread."

This seems so stupid to me. Perhaps the designers' hubris plays a role? Frankly, if I were designing it I would want as much defense in depth as I could get in case the design or procedures failed. Placing it in a large urban area seems like a common sense no-no. Put it in the damn desert, where there are few potential hosts and the environment is inhospitable to many of the pathogens.

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Re:Why experts are terrified of a human-made pandemic and wh... by ipspam on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @12:29AM (#30928500)

Kind of like a drug dealer offering a discount, no one wants it.

Same thing, can't admit that lab leaks are real when playing with BSL-4 pathogens, therefore doesn't matter where they are built.

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