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Lab leak, if true, would be damaging to the flexibility of their work and bring further scrutiny toward future funding of said work. They have incentive for it
by mizzack 5y ago
Lab leak, if true, would be damaging to the flexibility of their work and bring further scrutiny toward future funding of said work.
They have incentive for it to not be true.
- junon 5y agoNo, it wouldn't. They're not the ones who had the leak, if true.
- baja_blast 5y agoyes it would, just because it just so happened to take place at another lab does not mean the public and regulators are going to ignore the dangerous research other labs are conducting. No one wants to be the next Wuhan, but it's only a matter of time until the next coincidence happens in a city with a major lab. A lab origin could not only tank their future prospects due to massive restrictions and funding bans, but it would also severely stigmatize their profession. They'll be viewed as Frankenstiens
- junon 5y agoI think you grossly misunderstand how infectious disease research works.