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Even if covid came out of a wild animal market the simple fact that "gain of function" research on coronaviruses was getting funded in the first place should be be cause for concern.

>>rcpt+(OP)
The US government pulled funding for this, but coronavirus research was allowed to continue because they secured funding before the ban.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/lab-made-coronavi...

Incidentally, most of Ralph Baric's research ended up in Wuhan with Zhengli-Li Shi and his team, where their research continued.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12711

https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985