China lab suspected of Covid leak stripped of US funding for violating biosafety rules : worldnews

[–] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 53 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Hexbear users coming to defend China before even reading the post title:

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They're coming in with their alts now. If you check some of the profiles on here, look how often China is mentioned and tell me it's not just obviously Hexbear users with alts

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

Sup guys. Just commenting here so you can avoid reading the most brainlet of a take below. Hope you all have a good day.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like lab leak theory is back on the menu boys!

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

I feel like i'm taking crazy pills!

[+] Koboldschadenfroh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

The US funds research on a variety of subjects around the world, many of them only being possible to be researched locally because they are on local diseases and pathogens.

[–] HMH@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Less regulations, it's easier to do "funny stuff" like gain of function research (frankly a euphemism for biological warfare research) in China than in the US. And it's not like the US is just funding the biolab, they have people on site and oversight as well.

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Did this thread get nuked? Says there should be 57 comments.

[+] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[+] zephyreks@programming.dev -12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah yes, because it's not like there are any geopolitical reasons that might explain why the NIH would want to decouple from China.

Fact is, you can find infractions from any lab. It's just a question of whether you want to look.

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