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Let's do it - I actually think this is a really good idea.

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2021-11-26 14:03 Andrew Rambaut open

Perhaps a commentary timed for shortly after the Zoonati paper discussing how, given the origins are now reasonably pinned down, important it is to separate the issues and make some sensible positions on lab risk (and aswe dicussed this morning the much greater risk from field work)
2021-11-26 14:03 Kristian G. Andersen open

Very good idea!
2021-11-26 14:05 Kristian G. Andersen open

Make it clear that: (1) separate debate on biosafety in the light of how widespread SARSr viruses are, and (2) that continued investigations to understand their emergence is required, including figuring out exactly how SC2 poppedup (and SC1 for that matter).
2021-11-26 14:05 Edward C. Holmes open

Yup, I'm all for that.
2021-11-26 14:06 Kristian G. Andersen

Let's do it - I actually think this is a really good idea.
2021-11-26 14:07 Andrew Rambaut open

Yes. And there are often safe ways of getting much of the data.
2021-11-26 14:13 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yup - and in fact, tying it all back to what we said in our 2018 Nature commentary... Would be extra powerful sinceso many idiots have brought up that commentary as a proof that we changed our minds - which we didn't. Ifanything, I think we all would double down on what we said in that commentary.