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3. The energy Dept monitors the labs for safety regulations

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 09:37 PM

Feb 2023

They also are in charge of 17 labs like the Los Alamos Labs, Oak Ridge, Sandia, Lawrence Livermore etc. Some of these labs are also doing coronavirus research.

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Covid 'lab leak theory': What we've learned [View all] Kennah Feb 2023 OP

Why is the Energy Department, not the CDC taking the lead on this? brush Feb 2023 #1

They oversee the US network of labs. TheProle Feb 2023 #2

The energy Dept monitors the labs for safety regulations womanofthehills Feb 2023 #3

Ok, thanks. brush Feb 2023 #5

As stated, the DOE is one of 18 government agencies involved. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #6

you want to model a virus lapfog_1 Mar 2023 #53

ABC News says the DOE report is a low-confidence assessment. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #4

FBI said they believe it came from a lab womanofthehills Mar 2023 #57

It's really irrelevant how it got here. It's here and we have to deal with it. Ray Bruns Feb 2023 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #9

All of which Is irrelevant to whether it is from a lab or not. Ray Bruns Feb 2023 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #39

It's very relevent Zeitghost Feb 2023 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #48

I agree. The sick Republicans want to twist it into a political issue Walleye Feb 2023 #10

It's not irrelevant because no one even knows how many labs in the world are doing dangerous researc womanofthehills Feb 2023 #14

Not really, we need to know if it's man made or a natural occurrence yaesu Feb 2023 #33

It's probably not "man-made", but humans could certainly LeftInTX Mar 2023 #71

No one will ever be able to reject it entirely Warpy Feb 2023 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #12

There have been many lab leaks/accidents around the world womanofthehills Feb 2023 #11

You'd be shocked to find out how much of this research is being done and how important it is Warpy Feb 2023 #15

I am not shocked and I don't know who would be Tumbulu Feb 2023 #16

Good because there's are two particularly nasty flu strains cooking out in the environment Warpy Feb 2023 #28

My hope as well Tumbulu Feb 2023 #34

There are scientists who think DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #66

The 1918 flu was an incredibly odd one Warpy Mar 2023 #67

check out this article DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #68

Thanks! Warpy Mar 2023 #69

We're on the same page there Warpy Feb 2023 #43

So why in 2014 did Obama stop gain of function research in the US womanofthehills Feb 2023 #20

The m-RNA tech came out of Berkeley scientist Jennifer Doudna ancianita Feb 2023 #50

Moderna worked with NIH to develop the vaccine womanofthehills Mar 2023 #58

That's detail later in the timeline. MY point was that this mRNA didn't come out of any state lab, ancianita Mar 2023 #59

Hundreds of scientists had worked on mRNA vaccines for decades womanofthehills Mar 2023 #60

Not. My. Point. And NO, they trial-and-error tried RNA but until Jennifer Doudna literally SAW RNA, ancianita Mar 2023 #65

I agree absolutely Tumbulu Feb 2023 #17

You forgot to mention biological work being done at DENVERPOPS Feb 2023 #32

Fort Detrick had serious violations in 2019 with primates womanofthehills Mar 2023 #61

I really don't know why it matters, unless it was genetically engineered as part of a biological Tumbulu Feb 2023 #13

You don't think determining the origins of a disease that killed millions is of any importance? MichMan Feb 2023 #24

It is of scientific importance to know Tumbulu Feb 2023 #27

+100000 roamer65 Feb 2023 #31

You might want to put it higher on your list womanofthehills Mar 2023 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author Emile Feb 2023 #18

This would not be getting play on CNN or elsewhere if the Repukes in Congress had not gained control keopeli Feb 2023 #19

👆👆 Thank you. crickets Feb 2023 #21

The House oversight committee is requesting documents from US agencies womanofthehills Feb 2023 #22

just guessing. but it crossed my mind that stopdiggin Feb 2023 #25

Every agency supporting a zoonotic origin also reported "low confidence" Shrek Feb 2023 #37

Precisely. I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. Without definitive proof keopeli Feb 2023 #41

It most likely crossed to humans because farmers in China live with their livestock Grolph_ Feb 2023 #23

I still wonder if one of the lab animals was sold into the wet market. roamer65 Feb 2023 #30

Interesting. My mind just goes back to an NPR Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2023 #26

That was real intrepidity Feb 2023 #44

Thank you SO much for digging this up! Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2023 #46

i've learned that the energy department is reporting this theory with "low confidence" orleans Feb 2023 #29

We could talk about where this began for years and people will have their own opinion about it tornado34jh Feb 2023 #35

China has been secretive and destroyed any evidence either way IronLionZion Feb 2023 #38

This has been my main concern, too intrepidity Feb 2023 #45

Why does this come to mind when I read this story? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2023 #40

I haven't seen any legitimate source suggest it was intentionally created XorXor Feb 2023 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #49

I noticed a lot of people are very invested in their preferred theory XorXor Feb 2023 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #52

"Created as a bioweapon" is meant to conflate reasonable with fringe Sympthsical Mar 2023 #72

How exactly does a lab "leak"? zanana1 Mar 2023 #54

Workers in the lab Zeitghost Mar 2023 #55

Infected mice have escaped labs, wrong vials are mailed to labs, womanofthehills Mar 2023 #63

Indeed Zeitghost Mar 2023 #64

Thank you. zanana1 Mar 2023 #70

Spillage is a THING. Google Ebola Reston and see how we almost gave JCMach1 Mar 2023 #56

One line of thought that I never see discussed is this: intrepidity Mar 2023 #73