The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the Covid-19 pandemic

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15 points·hammock··4 comments

An interesting passage doesn't rule out US involvement in a lab leak:

>Independent researchers have not yet investigated the US laboratories engaged in the laboratory manipulation of SARS-CoV-like viruses, nor have they investigated the details of the laboratory research that had been underway in Wuhan. Moreover, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has resisted disclosing details of the research on SARS-CoV-related viruses that it had been supporting, providing extensively redacted information only as required by Freedom of Information Act lawsuits.

It's interesting how Jeffrey Sachs has been pounding the table on this. He's not someone who can easily be dismissed as a fringe figure.

It's odd how little sense of urgency seems to exist around this question. The possibility SARS-CoV-2 was created in a lab is pretty widely acknowledged as possible or even likely, and yet the idea that transparency would be demanded of these labs or that anyone could be held accountable has almost no traction at all.

So much good info and retrospection to read through here, but just noticed:

Laboratory, field, modelling, and case studies have shown that airborne transmission through the inhalation of a virus-laden aerosol is important, if not dominant, for COVID-19

So stop the wiping everything down, and "social distancing" is moot in a closed space. And keep N95/KN95 masks on hand.

Very long article, didn't find it all that informative. It basically follows what has been said in the media, with less sensational language. Uncritical, they seem to take every reported number as gospel. Their summary recommendation for next time seems to be to do all the things we did this time but more and sooner.

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