Opinion: To protect from lab leaks, we need ‘banal’ safety rules, not anti-terrorism measures
“How did it start?” is among the many questions raised by the Covid-19 pandemic. Answering it may help prevent future pandemics.
The escape of SARS-CoV-2 from a research laboratory in Wuhan, China, continues to circulate as a viable and popular explanation for the pandemic’s origin. But by accepting the lab-leak hypothesis, leaders may mistakenly seek new policy solutions or focus on tenuous yet alluring proposals about biosecurity, including high-tech means of enforcing restricted access.
