Rationally Speaking #137 - Marc Lipsitch on, "Should scientists try to create dangerous viruses?"
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Epidemiology Marc Lipsitch discusses a controversial field of research, gain-of-function, in which scientists take a virus and attempt to make it more dangerous. He argues that the risks outweigh the benefits and that we should halt it as soon as possible