> And one point Viral makes abundantly clear is that, if our goal is to prevent the next pandemic, then resolving the mystery of COVID-19 actually matters less

> And one point Viral makes abundantly clear is that, if our goal is to prevent the next pandemic, then resolving the mystery of COVID-19 actually matters less than one might think. This is because, whichever possibility—zoonotic spillover or lab leak—turns out to be the truth of this case, the other possibility would remain absolutely terrifying and would demand urgent action as well. Read the book and see for yourself. This logic does not convince me. If it did come from lab leak, there are lots of things the scientific community need to do to themselves to prevent the next lab leak from happening. It's defenitely not the same as a zoonotic spillover. Scientists are not wild animals, they can regulate themselves. If the virus did leak from one of the two Wuhan labs, at least these actions need to be taken: * All the Chinese labs doing this kind of research need to be seriously examined by the international community * All the bio research funding from the western countries to China labs need to be stopped and only can be restarted with serious conditions met