Gain-of-Function Research

What's the possibility of creating such a virus in a lab?

Actually scientists are working on super viruses, it's called gain of function.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08837-7

The genie is out of that bottle - the research has been done, and can be replicated by less honest actors. Under these circumstances, continuing this kind of research to understand how to combat viruses created by rouge actors might be the right thing to do.

People are creating super viruses, regardless of the origin of this one.Act accordingly.

Are they still doing gain-of-function research on viruses?

Is anyone even suggesting a genetically modified virus?

Neither extreme seems likely.We know that the lab was adding functionality to bat coronaviruses, making them able to infect human cells. This can be done without gene editing technology. We've been doing that in the opposite direction for decades, passing viruses through non-human cells in order to make weakened ones for live-virus vaccines. To make a virus worse for humans, simply pass it through human cells. This is what the lab was doing.It's extremely hazardous research. The

Depends on what you view as natural. They have been doing "Gain of Function" research which is designed to enhance viruses.https://www.newsweek.com/controversial-wuhan-lab-experiments...

I think researching how these viruses can become dangerous to humans is the main goal in research like this. That a natural mutation would look similar speaks for their expertise and isn't necessarily controversial. It should be controversial if lax security measures would permit viruses to spread from a lab. We have absolutely no evidence of this to my knowledge and should be careful with accusations.

I think everyone agrees that observing live virus in the lab is a critical (if dangerous) part of studying them.Intentionally engineering them as high as possible on transmissibility and morbidity is bioweapon development being money laundered through conventional science: it’s an insane thing to do.Leaving SARS-COV-2 out of it completely: there have indisputably been other leaks. It’s the height of irresponsibility and shortsightedness to engineer civilization-ending viruses, which