I thought Dr. Fauci authorized the 2017 testing of lethal viruses.
“I thought Dr. Fauci authorized the 2017 testing of lethal viruses.”
Fauci is head of Nation institute of allergy and infectious diseases so likely could authorize similar studies in his agency. The danger of such studies is easy to understand but the benefits seem rather vague. Virologists seem to have a fetish for going into remote places to find ever deadlier viruses that can infect humans and bringing them back to heavily populated areas for “study”. Without such studies the virus infected bats would rarely come into contact with humans (except those who catch and eat them). If you wanted to prevent a pandemic a better way would be for the Chinese govt to ban the sale, possession and eating of bats.