Fun fact: Marburg virus is named after Marburg, Germany—where the virus does not naturally occur—because the first documented outbreak was caused by a lab leak at the Behringwerke industrial plant there. @BiosafetyNow
@jbkinney @BiosafetyNow I guess you have no idea how biosecurity was in 1967!!!! compared to now. They where still pipetting with their mouth (that's what everyone did back then). Now it takes an hour to get in and out of BSL4 labs. Watch the This Week in Virology podcast episode 200 on YouTube to learn
@PrometheusCHT @Auraya25 @jbkinney Luckily we have an investment guy to tell us about virologists.
@yoshkapundrick @Auraya25 @jbkinney Risk manager*, who will soon have two applied postgraduate degrees, who is also competent in biology. So, your point is moot.
@PrometheusCHT @Auraya25 @jbkinney What in the hell is "competent"?
@yoshkapundrick @Auraya25 @jbkinney I'm sure I could pass undergraduate biology exams, today, without preparation. Competent.
@PrometheusCHT @Auraya25 @jbkinney So no foundation in virology/immunology.
@yoshkapundrick @Auraya25 @jbkinney Neither are necessary here. Neither contain unique knowledge that suggests a LAI which escapes into the phblic, isn't a leak.
@PrometheusCHT @Auraya25 @jbkinney Yeah, knowledge of viruses is unnecessary in understanding viruses.