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>>pseudo+(OP)
There are numerous reasons why we need a proper investigation into this. If this came out of WIV, we need to determine exactly why these bat coronaviruses were being studied with regards to human ACE2.

This ACE2 binding is causing numerous issues, including damage to human heart, lung, kidney, and pancreatic cell death.

This is serious stuff. If anyone is looking at the "low" mortality rate, they are missing the big picture.

Role of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in COVID-19

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7356137/

The genetic structure of SARS‐CoV‐2 does not rule out a laboratory origin

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7744920/

SARS-CoV-2 infects human pancreatic β-cells and elicits β-cell impairment

https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(21)...

>>thowaw+i2
thowaway959125 says> "it would be great if we took this opportunity to actually end biological weapons research globally."

The genii is out of the bottle so ending biological weapons research will never happen. If we aren't hit by a nation-state using biological warfare then we'll be hit by someone who does biochem in his garage for fun.

The best strategy is to advance the research while taking such steps as creating super-vaccines to make this type of biowarfare obsolete:

https://weather.com/en-IN/india/coronavirus/news/2021-04-21-...

But that also moves us one step closer to the "grey goo" scenario:

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