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I think it's great that the Wuhan institute published all their gain of function research. They even said who paid for it. It's a clear trail back to them, but apparently taking any action to acknowledge that this is a bad thing and something fishy might be going on is a completely politicized issue now that apparently gets as many downvotes as arguing about hot button political topics now.

What I'm saying is there should at least be an open and frank discussion of what the whole world is getting itself into right now with all this.



It's a bit of a Gish gallop to ignore my point and say something orthogonal that only is weakly related to your original assertion.

Gain of function research is simultaneously concerning (aside from bioweapons use, there is also the possibility of deliberate release) and important (to understand how pathogenesis happens and to better combat future pandemics and bioweapons). It, however, has approximately nothing to do with your assertions that A) China is preparing race-targeted pathogens, or B) that publishing a protein folding database does anything significant to assist China with A.

> ... at least be an open and frank discussion of ...

OK, then you need to be open and frank, rather than engaging in these dishonest argument tactics.




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