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>>todd8+(OP)
The only issue here is that lab safety protocols may have to be tightened up in the lab responsible. Scientists mutate things in the lab all the time in order to have a tool for effective study. If this came from a lab, then it would be the same thing (not some sort of weapon, like the hysterical Right wants people to believe).

Most believe that it didn't, but rather that it was in the human population a few months before we knew. But maybe not.

>>dhimes+Eh
i'm curious what you would add to biosafety level 4 to tighten it up?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety_level#Biosafety_leve...

>>modzu+Fi
The BSL prescribes the precautions that must be taken to maintain safety, but it's up to human oversight to actually enforce those practices. It's not uncommon for viruses to escape even BSL4 both in the US and abroad.

Both labs in Wuhan have had accidental contamination incidents while collecting field samples in caves. Working with hazardous materials is always dangerous, and history has no shortage of lessons to teach us.