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[return to "Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed"]
1. 0-_-0+K7[view] [source] 2021-03-22 14:06:10
>>ruarai+(OP)
For anyone who wants to set their Bayesian priors to estimate the probability of a lab leak I recommend this list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident...

For example, the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1) escaped from the lab twice, both in 2003 and 2004.

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2. throwa+bQ1[view] [source] 2021-03-22 21:38:47
>>0-_-0+K7
Also, the Obama administration banned gain of function research broadly due to "biosafety incidents" at federal research labs in the US. The announcement explicitly called out research on SARS: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/10/17/doing-d...
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