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In reply to the discussion: White House touts Covid-19 'lab leak' theory on new website [View all]womanofthehills
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The Wuhan Institute of Virology has conducted research on SARS-related coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2 in biosafety level two (BSL-2) conditions. Biosafety levels range from one (BSL-1) to four (BSL-4), with BSL-4 being the most stringent.
BSL-2 labs involve ventilated biosafety cabinets, with researchers in surgical masks and lab coats. Many scientists say viruses that may be transmitted through the air should at minimum be studied in BSL-3 conditions with ventilation and with researchers in more protective respirators.
An early draft of DEFUSE acknowledged that the engineering and testing of novel coronaviruses would occur at BSL-2. The proposal advertised this approach to DARPA grantmakers as highly cost-effective.
But BSL-2 was edited to BSL-3.
In a comment on the document, Baric acknowledged that U.S. researchers would freak out if they knew the novel coronavirus engineering and testing work would be conducted in a BSL-2 lab.
https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/american-scientists-misled-pentagon-on-wuhan-research/
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