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While I don't necessarily agree with everything you said, it's sad that we didn't learn doing boring, human researcher GoF research is bad. Now we are going to

• klabb3 2y ago
  They only really claimed to believe in the conspiracy theory of lab leak, which many do and isn’t at all outrageous imo. But to your point, I 100% agree. Even if Covid was zoonotic, it absolutely could have been a human fuckup. The amount of lab leaks over the years, including things like Anthrax, Polio, SARS and even Covid (yes, in Taiwan after the initial outbreak) from BSL3 and 4, are just waaay to common. After a plane crash, there are almost always changes to protocol, equipment or even the aircraft. Here, we had millions of casualties globally, and this risk is as real now as yesterday. I get that we have pandemic fatigue, and nobody wants to think about it. But if keep playing with fire, it will happen again, sooner or later.
  • _mlbt 2y ago
    The lab leak hypothesis is by far the most likely explanation. The CCP is not a trustworthy actor, so their version of the events need to be taken with massive skepticism. Once you ignore their narrative and look at the actual facts, it becomes obvious.
• lawlessone 2y ago
  That GoF research saves us time by figuring out the most probable routes or ways a virus could mutate to something worse.
  • _mlbt 2y ago
    In theory that is true but it all goes out the window when one of these viruses escapes lab containment and causes a global pandemic.