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Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague

222 points · 202 comments · ericmay

  1. ungreased0675 · · focus · HN ↗
    Are we fairly confident that these labs do more good than the risk they present to the public? I’m not sure we should be keeping dangerous pathogens around just for giggles and PhD papers. What are examples of how the research done in these places improves public health?
    1. vincnetas · · focus · HN ↗
      knowledge. how to handle that and how it looks/works. if you forget it you will be reminded later.
      1. ungreased0675 · · focus · HN ↗
        You’re describing documentation though.
        1. asdfsa32 · · focus · HN ↗
          There is far more knowhow and supply chain that goes into keeping labs working than just documentation. Also, research requires labs, and so it is kind of already there sort of thing.
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