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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

What’s your most controversial opinion?

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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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But all the “gain of function” stuff I’ve seen sounds like bullshit.

But that happens to viruses all the time? How do you think we get flu pandemics?
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  By truly gigantic numbers IN THE WILD. Not in a lab
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    Not sure what you mean?
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      As in the people inside the lab weren’t creating a supervirus.

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