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> ~1.5 years ago it was totally racist and xenophobic to think a lab escape in Wuhan could be a viable source of the pandemic. Did it matter if it escaped the
by foogazi 3y ago
> ~1.5 years ago it was totally racist and xenophobic to think a lab escape in Wuhan could be a viable source of the pandemic.
Did it matter if it escaped the lab or natural transmission ?
- kodah 3y agoOf course it does. If it occurred in the wild and then was transmitted to humans by eating or interaction the way we defend against a future pandemic will be fundamentally different from if there were certain things done or not done in a lab that could've prevented it.
- foogazi 3y agoOk but did it matter for the last 3 years in terms of COVID response / vaccines / masks ?