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It does feel like there hasn't been a proper airing of exactly what gain of function research has been going on (whether or not it led to this particular virus)
by dehrmann 5y ago
It does feel like there hasn't been a proper airing of exactly what gain of function research has been going on (whether or not it led to this particular virus) and how governments have supported it. I suspect it's because, despite being a "hindsight is 2020" moment, a lot of people would be angry, and at a lot of public policy scientists involved in the response.
- cudgy 5y agoPlenty of people had the hindsight in 2020 that the lab leak theory was not only plausible but likely; it’s disingenuous to call this “hindsight is 20/20”.
- dehrmann 5y agoI meant that gain for function research looks like a really bad idea right now, even if that wasn't the origin of covid, and some of the public policy experts making recommendations right now were people who had no problems with game of function research 3 years ago.
- rasz 5y agoIt was never a good idea, thats why it was officially rejected and performed in secret, and why Fauci keeps lying.
- zapdrive 5y agoIf they didn't know for sure back then, why did they actively deny the lab leak theories? Remember the Lancet letter [1]? 1. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...