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

[–] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 6 points 1 year 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 41 points 1 year 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 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

I feel like i'm taking crazy pills!

[+] Koboldschadenfroh@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 8 points 1 year 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 0 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[+] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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[+] zephyreks@programming.dev -13 points 1 year 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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