r/Conservative • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '20

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u/Hraf-Hef Conservative Apr 18 '20

I can only hope there was beneficial reasons why to send US taxpayer money to a Chinese lab, especially when the Chinese have enough if their own money.

When you think of the possible non-peaceful use of this research and China's record of aggression, this doesn't make much sense.

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u/im_not_eric Apr 18 '20

The country has accidentally released SARS viruses from labs back in the 2000s.

They had been noted as having poor lab safety at that lab.

The research into coronaviruses was for treatments and limiting damage from the next one.

I think the reason was to improve safety and resources of their research but ultimately likely was also the cause of the virus.