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I'm wondering: what exactly is this virus research for anyways? Whether or not this lab leaked the virus and caused the pandemic, I'm wondering why they are in
by apeace 4y ago
I'm wondering: what exactly is this virus research for anyways?
Whether or not this lab leaked the virus and caused the pandemic, I'm wondering why they are interested in engineering new variants of SARS-like viruses in the first place?
Are the detractors of the lab-leak theory saying "Yes, they engineered plenty of coronaviruses in the lab, there's just no evidence that any of them leaked out" or are they saying "No, this lab was never trying to engineer new coronaviruses"?
- kennywinker 4y agoAnswer is not complicated - the goal is to understand and prevent / treat future outbreaks of emergent diseases like this (and maybe even the common-cold coronaviruses). Just like how security researchers hack things to improve security
- forgotpwd16 4y ago>why they are interested in engineering new variants of SARS-like viruses in the first place? A reason may be so they can know how a similar naturally occurring virus may work.