The lesson, therefore, of the Covid pandemic is that the risk of a natural outbreak going global is probably much smaller than the risk of a lab-leak outbreak going global. And here is the greatest irony of all. If Covid began with a lab leak, it was not just caused by virology research: it was caused by virology research that was specifically intended to predict and prevent pandemics. Even if this time it was just a horrible coincidence, they were looking for a gas leak with a lighted match, as one scientist put it.
-Matt Ridley, from here
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