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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by yellowapple on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @12:49AM (#34966103)
Right, but that still doesn't answer why the DoE is supervising the national labs or otherwise has any significant degree of bio experience in the first place.
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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by pagekicker on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:09AM (#34966523)
Read this. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/27/...
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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by yellowapple on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:10PM (#34973459)
There's a paywall.
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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by 0xBDB on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @09:38PM (#34978078)
Because "Department of Energy" is a friendly name for what should really be the Department of Nuclear Weapons, a subsidiary of the Defense Department.

DoE does a lot of civilian stuff now (electrical grid, cybersecurity, etc.) but it's kind of an add-on. The first couple of national labs - places like Los Alamos and Oak Ridge - are historically related to the nuke mission.

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