WASHINGTON: The theory that COVID-19 might be the result of scientific experiments has thrown a spotlight on the work of the world's most secure biolabs.
"There are no binding international standards for safe, secure, and responsible work on pathogens," the report, called Mapping Maximum Biological Containment Labs Globally, said.Accidents can happen, sometimes at the top tier facilities, and much more frequently at lower rung labs of which there are thousands.
"Human errors constitute over 70 per cent of the errors in laboratories," he told AFP, adding that US researchers have to rely on data from Freedom of Information requests to learn of these incidents.There is disagreement between the US government, which funded bat coronavirus research in Wuhan, and some independent scientists, about whether this work was controversial"gain of function" research.
"The research is not required and does not contribute to the development of drugs or vaccines," added molecular biologist Richard Ebright of Rutgers University, one of the staunchest opponents of this kind of research. But there are certain lines of circumstantial evidence in favor of the latter. For instance, Wuhan is around 1,000 miles north of bat caves that harbor the ancestor virus, well out of the animals' flight range.
Because some countries can’t run P4 biosecurity labs without getting the world sick.
The picture should be changed to US biolabs
LionCity_Sgp Scientists have rejected the idea though?
200+ of US Labs ?
All the evidence and data.
Look no further than in your own backyard america. Open your Fort Detrick to international probe.
Covid-19 coronavirus origin. WHO investigations must also be done where the disease was reported earlier.
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