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The Wuhan lab (Pt 1): Mutant viruses and risky experiments

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How to Survive in the Face of Adversity

In 2015 at Chatham House you've got this stand-up row between scientists. This had already become a really live issue in the scientific community. The Wuhan Institute began stepping up its own lab work using the techniques it learned from Barack Obama. That was the year they created two new mutant viruses by fusing together viruses with the sars like pathogens and experimenting with MERS.

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