• Flying Squid
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    11 year ago

    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.