A discussion on the significance of safety protocols in labs, focusing on the consequences of overlooking safety measures and the resistance among scientists to implement restrictions. The chapter debates the need for greater oversight, especially in gain-of-function research, due to the challenges stemming from a lack of transparency and the potential hindrance excessive regulation could pose to scientific progress.
Did the COVID-19 pandemic start with a lab leak? Pandora's Gamble author Alison Young is here to crunch the numbers without entertaining conspiracies!
What We Discuss with Alison Young:
- How often disease research lab leaks really occur.
- Why even the world's best-run labs are susceptible to safety breaches.
- The prevalence of disinformation campaigns to cover up, obscure, or misdirect lab leak blame.
- What gain-of-function research is and why it's so controversial.
- What we do and don't know about the possibility of the COVID-19 pandemic being the result of a lab leak in Wuhan, China.
- And much more...
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