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How to make sure the labs researching the most dangerous pathogens are safe and secure

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Mary Wilson

Well-known member
July 2, 2021
By Joseph Rodgers, Filippa Lentzos, Gregory D. Koblentz, Minh Ly

Since 2001, biological risks—from terror attacks involving anthrax letters to outbreaks of new and re-emerging infectious diseases like SARS, Ebola, H5N1 avian influenza, MERS, and Zika—have been galvanizing a global construction boom of research labs meant for work on the deadliest pathogens. These biosafety level 4 labs (BSL-4) are the kind of facilities where researchers have to work in protective gear resembling spacesuits and decontaminate once they finish. Today, 23 countries have built 59 of these state-of-the-art labs, part of a trend that seems unlikely to stop soon. As scientists seek to better understand viruses like the one that causes COVID-19, they will likely need more labs tailor-made for work with risky germs.

... only three of the countries with BSL-4 labs have policies on dual-use research—meaning that the vast majority of countries with these labs do not conduct oversight of the type of high-risk, gain-of-function research that makes pathogens more dangerous and that has been a central feature in the COVID-19 origins debate.

https://thebulletin.org/2021/07/how...archingMostDangerousPathogensAreSafe_07012021
 
A New Interactive Map Reveals Where the Deadliest Germs Are Studied

July 8th, 2021 / By
Mason Goad

As the world waits for the results of the investigation into the Wuhan biosafety laboratory and the verification of the COVID-19 origin , experts are turning to other high-security biological research facilities with a renewed interest. The Wuhan lab is only one of many around the world, but where are these other facilities? What are they working on? And most importantly, what security procedures are in place to keep future pandemics from happening?

... This map provides the most comprehensive accounting of where maximum containment laboratories are located around the world,” said Koblentz. “Our research identified nearly 60 BSL-4 labs in operation, under construction, or planned in 23 different countries. The greatest concentration of these labs is in Europe with 25, followed by North America with 14, Asia with 13, Australia with 4, and Africa with 3 labs.

https://content.sitemasonry.gmu.edu...map-reveals-where-deadliest-germs-are-studied
 
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