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How to Catch a Lab Leak

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Investigating Outbreaks: Sverdlovsk and COVID

This chapter explores the similarities between the Sverdlovsk anthrax incident and the COVID lab leak theory, focusing on containment failures and gain-of-function research. It also examines the responses of the Soviet Union and China to external scrutiny regarding their outbreaks, and discusses the motives behind a confidential proposal for WHO investigation.

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