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Because gain of function research is dangerous. It’s also what likely turned Covid into a pandemic. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0755
by chaostheory 1y ago
Because gain of function research is dangerous. It’s also what likely turned Covid into a pandemic.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0755498223000040 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S07554...
https://www.newsweek.com/controversial-wuhan-lab-experiments-that-may-have-started-coronavirus-pandemic-1500503 https://www.newsweek.com/controversial-wuhan-lab-experiments...
https://www.newsweek.com/covid-lab-leak-china-virus-nuclear-war-1787390 https://www.newsweek.com/covid-lab-leak-china-virus-nuclear-...
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/covid-origins-investigation-wuhan-lab?srsltid=AfmBOoppF2nLlpe0F5TizIddSU-5P60pFw3gfLOf2KaXat0YMYvbBhqO https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/covid-origins-invest...
https://www.propublica.org/article/senate-report-covid-19-origin-wuhan-lab https://www.propublica.org/article/senate-report-covid-19-or...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bies.202000240 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bies.202000...
- fabian2k 1y agoThe article explains pretty well why this particular research isn't dangerous. It's technically gain of function, but if you prohibit any research that adds antibiotic resistance to bacteria you eliminated essentially all of microbiology research.
- polotics 1y agoBoth of the article's technique can much better be described as "removal-of-function" research IMHO.
- JV00 1y agoPerhaps it would be better to address the issues that can lead to an incident rather than stopping all research. Even counting the COVID-19 pandemic, the overall impact of gain-of-function research on health is still positive.
- jbstack 1y agoKnives are dangerous if used dangerously. Let's ban knives.
- jjgreen 1y agoWelcome to the UK.
- solid_fuel 1y agoSomeone compiled a virus, compilation is dangerous, let's ban compilers.