> what other, better policy could they aspire to Force the universities to get insurance, an on-site monitoring room with food service and pay 24 hours per day

> what other, better policy could they aspire to Force the universities to get insurance, an on-site monitoring room with food service and pay 24 hours per day for 14 days. This type of research is inherently dangerous, the idea that a lab tech exposed to a potential pandemic-causing infectious agent should be just expected to go home (where they likely have family/friends) and trusted to self-isolate is plain bad policy. Coming out of 2 years of pandemic and self-isolation at the global level the idea that we will be willing to compromise on this so that a university can save money is downright moronic. If they cannot conform to the stringent rules for that sort of research, they shouldn't be doing it. Simple as that.