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Origins of epidemics, lab experiments, and criticism of pandemic planning
This chapter explores the debate between lab origins and wild origins of epidemics, highlighting the example of RSV and the role of animal importation into laboratories. It questions the effectiveness of pandemic planning and preparedness based on avoiding spillover from wild animals and references a statement by Fauci about bacterial secondary pneumonias during the 1918 flu.