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nextos on June 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid

There was a NIH moratorium, but it was lifted in 2017.

I don't agree about the point of virology being just about studying gain of function. There are tons of things you can study in virology without needing to create novel viruses.

whyenot on June 12, 2023 | [–]

Yes, but are those things going to get you grants, tenure, and the recognition that doing something more... "cutting edge" (blech) like GoF research?

MathMonkeyMan on June 11, 2023 | [–]

Fair enough, I know almost nothing about it.

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