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b_b  ·  1444 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: State Department cables warned of safety issues at Wuhan lab studying bat coronaviruses

Important research doesn't absolve anyone of responsible conduct. I'm sitting in a lab right now stressing the fuck out about making a human use product perfect, because I don't want to risk giving one already really sick and likely to die person sepsis. IT LITERALLY KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT. If the consequence were global catastrophe instead of killing someone a week quicker than they were already dying, I like to hope I'd consider that pretty heavily.