06-28-2021, 07:59 PM
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
[quote=Sarcany]Why would level-2 or level-3 techs be working on a level-4 pathogen?
The long incubation time for this virus is unusual. Maybe it was misidentified when collected and/or hadn't been identified as a level-4 pathogen yet. What was the de facto process in place for evaluating collected samples and research for Gain of Function, until the level-4 lab opened? The chance is very slim but China's history and lack of openness keeps it alive.
The level-4 lab opened before the level 2/3 labs opened. It was constructed (in partnership with a US university) as a level-4 lab.
The process has been well-publicized.
They'd collect swabs from blood, urine, feces and saliva and test for antibodies in the field. Any samples brought in would have been cooked or frozen or freeze-dried. They wouldn't have a live SARS virus to work on, but would instead sequence deactivated virus or pieces of virus, never a living specimen.