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		ahartmetz on Jan 26, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CIA now favors lab leak theory to explain Covid's ... GoF pro: might help in some case, to the best of our knowledge never did. (Some scientists like their deadly toys!) GoF contra: might cause a pandemic, kill millions, probably did. So, yeah, I don't know, tough decision.

llamaimperative on Jan 26, 2025 [–]

All sorts of medicines are manufactured using GoF'd E. coli. We need a tighter definition of "bad" GoF.

ahartmetz on Jan 27, 2025 | [–]

I guess research along the lines of "What if this microorganism was more dangerous (infectious, resistant, damaging) - well, let's try that!"

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