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Putting aside all the speculation here: What is the biggest possible gain we can get from gain-of-function research? Does it outweigh the possible downside of
by twblalock 4y ago
Putting aside all the speculation here:
What is the biggest possible gain we can get from gain-of-function research?
Does it outweigh the possible downside of a gain-of-function experiment escaping a lab?
I’m seriously interested in seeing a defense of this kind of research.
- Arn_Thor 4y agoIt has given a head-start on understanding the way certain viruses spread and change, and provided a basis for developing treatments and vaccines. If Sars-COV-2 really spread because of a lab leak, the irony of ironies is that treatments and vaccines could be developed so fast precisely because this type of virus had been studied.
- twblalock 4y agoHow is the vaccine timeline any different if it was from a lab leak? We can assume a lab leak would not be admitted for some time (if ever). So I reject the idea of a head start. If such a thing happened, the perpetrators would not give you a head start, as that would confirm their guilt!