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"released from a lab" and "engineered in a lab" are two different things. Leaking a sample you took from some cave full of bats is one but not the other.
by DuskStar 6y ago
"released from a lab" and "engineered in a lab" are two different things. Leaking a sample you took from some cave full of bats is one but not the other.
- infogulch 6y agoThe standard for the bet here is "bioerror" not "bioengineered". I think both of these cases would be covered under "rises from inadvertance rather than evil intent".
- Reason077 6y agoWhat was that quote from Contagion (2011)? “Someone doesn't have to weaponize the bird flu. The birds are already doing that.” In the case of SARS-CoV-2, we know how contagious it is. In all likelihood, spreading it didn’t need any help from a lab.
- souprock 6y agoTaking "engineered in a lab" to mean modern genetic technology, there are possibilities beyond that and all-natural. Remember that we modified wild polio to create a vaccine many decades ago, long before modern genetic technology. Passing bat viruses through human cell lines would not leave any kind of mark to indicate intentional modification.