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> What we should do is take a good new look at the containment procedures of those labs, reevaluate them, verify if they are followed and fix what is not. Who
by AndrewBissell 5y ago
> What we should do is take a good new look at the containment procedures of those labs, reevaluate them, verify if they are followed and fix what is not.
Who should do that, exactly? The same people you seem to think we should not to attempt to investigate or hold accountable in any way?
> We should also press uncooperative countries, like China, to open those up for inspection.
If China was demanding to have a bunch of their inspectors let into Fort Detrick to poke around, we wouldn't be any more welcoming than they have been. It's silly to allow imperial powers to engage in bioweapons research and then expect them to show each other all their cards.
- marcosdumay 5y agoWhy are you assuming this is bioweapons research? There is more to virus research than bioweapons. It is much easier to get China to complain with "we developed those standards for virus research, and would like you to comply too, like any other serious country" than "we believe you made an incredibly large fuck-up and want your help to prove it".