The article discusses the history of pandemics linked to laboratory mishaps, emphasizing the 1977 Russian flu's likely origin in a lab. It highlights how, during the Covid-19 pandemic, theorizing that it was a lab accident was dismissed as conspiracy theory, despite the evidence suggesting shortcomings in safety protocols at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The article also criticizes the suppression of dissenting voices in the scientific community, urging transparency about research risks and historical lessons to prevent future outbreaks.
The world has experienced four or five pandemics, with the 1977 Russian flu likely stemming from a lab mishap—a lesson on the risks of research in dangerous pathogens.
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, discussions of a lab accident were dismissed as conspiracy theories despite significant evidence of safety issues at research facilities.
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