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What do you mean it is non-actionable? If it was a lab leak we can determine what conditions lead to the leak and adopt better safety measures. The lab leak wa
by DevKoala 5y ago
What do you mean it is non-actionable? If it was a lab leak we can determine what conditions lead to the leak and adopt better safety measures.
The lab leak was most likely a protocol error and without a collective awareness of the cause, the population cannot push our elected leaders to demand better safety protocols.
- x86_64Ubuntu 5y agoWho is "we"? And if it's a weapons lab, what makes you think China is going to allow geopolitical adversaries to poke around to make a more secure and safer environment? This idea works with countries that can't defend themselves against the West such as Iraq, but it's always backed by an invasion. No such option exists in the case of China, so their sovereignty will remain unsullied.
- Thorrez 5y agoA weapons lab? I could be wrong, but I thought the scientists were doing gain of function research because it helped them get published. If there was an international agreement to stop gain of function research, then that motivation would be gone.
- MaxfordAndSons 5y agoWell, at the least the US could refrain from supplying further funding to the WIV, and any other virology labs.
- DevKoala 5y agoThe people of the USA. Apparently, the lab in Wuhan was performing gain of function research with funding from NIH. Now what is up for debate is if that specific research was what led to Covid-19. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/nih-admits-funding-risky-virus-research-in-wuhan https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/nih-admits-funding-r...