• JasSmith@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      You cannot study viruses without gain-of-function research.

      We absolutely can study viruses without gain of function research. It just takes longer.

      As for intelligence agencies, you’re incorrect in your assumption- nytimes.com/…/covid-lab-leak-wuhan-report.html

      If you’re arguing that intelligence agencies are unreliable, why are you linking to a report from an intelligence agency?

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        We absolutely can study viruses without gain of function research. It just takes longer.

        No. You cannot reliably study what a virus is capable of without it. All you can do is hope it mutates in a certain way.

        If you’re arguing that intelligence agencies are unreliable,

        I’m not, I’m arguing that they disagree and the ones who say it is a lab leak say so with low confidence.

        why are you linking to a report from an intelligence agency?

        I’m not, I’m linking to a New York Times article (hence nytimes.com) about how they disagree and the ones who say it is a lab leak say so with low confidence.

        This is something you would have known if you had read the article.