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FWIW my understanding is that the labs were only BSL-2.
by wk_end 3y ago
FWIW my understanding is that the labs were only BSL-2.
- lockhouse 3y ago> Prior to and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, coronavirus research at the WIV has been conducted in BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan_Institute_of_Virology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan_Institute_of_Virology
- throwawaymaths 3y agoEven if they had done it in the BSL-4 parts, the french partners in the facility actually left it after they saw how poorly the bsl-4 was implemented, only one French researcher stayed.
- FormerBandmate 3y agoThat is probably what caused the leak
- baja_blast 3y agoThe WIV has BSL-4, BSL-3 and BSL-2 labs. But the research involving insertion of human specific furin cleavage sites into coronaviruses sampled in the wild was done in BSL2 which just means a thin medical mask and gloves. https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-grant-darpa/ https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-gra...
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y agoWow. The past 3 years I thought they had a lot more PPE than that. Not sure why anyone would be surprised about a leak when that's all they wore.
- anon291 3y agoRealistically, many people's bayesian priors are severely skewed against the lab leak hypothesis because it is associated with Donald Trump, and even intelligent people find it difficult to separate the message from the messenger.
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoThe fact that one of the authors of this is Shellenberger makes me assume the opposite is true. He's clearly a grifter. Can grifters sometimes be correct? Yes. On a topic that happens to be culture war catnip? The odds reduce greatly.
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y agoI never heard of him. If the facts are: 1. The lab was doing gain of function experiments on coronaviruses 2. They wore limited PPE while working with these viruses 3. The first reported cases were near the lab then I think there's a high likelihood the virus came from the lab. I don't know why this would be controversial.
- seattle_spring 3y agoIt's not at all just a "thin mask and gloves." Just because Joe Rogan said this nonsense doesn't make it the truth. Here are the actual BSL2 requirements: https://uwm.edu/ibc/bsl2_requirements/ https://uwm.edu/ibc/bsl2_requirements/
- throwawaylinux 3y agoYeah, no mask at all it seems.