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Just like the public knows in general how many nuclear bombs we have in America, we should have the right to know every disease we are purposely keeping alive somewhere in a lab.

Don't have to say where but we should know so we can question why outside of their closed loop of "logic".

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Not a bad idea, but definitely would be difficult to enforce. I think to enforce it, we'd need an international body of regulators and international agreements to abide by them - and we'd have to get countries to agree to it. What would be the benefit to a country like China to join?

I assume that just about every virus or bacteria known to be dangerous is being studied in a lab somewhere. How else do you research treatments, cures, or vaccines?

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