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VA: Three Dead, Others Hospitalized In Unidentified Virus Outbreak At Fairfax Retirement Community - rhinovirus

In this context, it could be useful to read the following analysis of benefit/risk of gain of functions studies. In this case was about Influenza virus, but it applies perfectly to Coronavirus. Each of us can make his own mind about it. If the majority think that the costs are higher than the benefits there are ways to change the actual regulations. These regulations should apply word-wide, because an accident in a lab somewhere in the world has the potential to affect all of us.

Editorial

Risks and Benefits of Gain-of-Function Experiments with Pathogens of Pandemic Potential, Such as Influenza Virus: a Call for a Science-Based Discussion

Arturo Casadevall, Michael J. Imperiale

DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01730-14
 
I'm sure there are, too. (And I don't mind your skepticism about China's government at all, by the way.)
 
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