US President Joe Biden has vowed to halt research into virus manipulation. This happened after scientists at Boston University created the most lethal version of the coronavirus.
Some time ago, it became known that experts at Boston University developed a hybrid strain of COVID-19, which caused 80% lethality in laboratory mice. The authors of the study defended their work and argued that it will deepen the understanding of the coronavirus, ways to treat it and vaccinate. But critics insist that any upsides to such crazy experiments far outweigh the downsides.
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What happens if a coronavirus with a lethality rate of 80% accidentally breaks free from the laboratory? After all, there is a theory that initially COVID-19 is the result of a laboratory leak of scientists from the Institute of Virology in Wuhan. Urgent calls began to be heard to officially ban such experiments, and now they have found support among the authorities.
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White House announces plans to crack down on virus manipulation research. The US National Biosecurity Strategy, which was released last week, would ban this kind of scientific experimentation. This strategy highlights the risk of accidental biological threats, including accidents in biosafety laboratories handling dangerous pathogens. There is no point in making these viruses artificially many times more dangerous. (READ MORE)
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