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Even if covid came out of a wild animal market the simple fact that "gain of function" research on coronaviruses was getting funded in the first place should be
by rcpt 6y ago
Even if covid came out of a wild animal market the simple fact that "gain of function" research on coronaviruses was getting funded in the first place should be be cause for concern.
- frombody 6y agoThe US government pulled funding for this, but coronavirus research was allowed to continue because they secured funding before the ban. https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/lab-made-coronavirus-triggers-debate-34502 https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/lab-made-coronavi... Incidentally, most of Ralph Baric's research ended up in Wuhan with Zhengli-Li Shi and his team, where their research continued. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12711 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12711 https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985 https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985