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		y04nn on July 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The risky bat-virus engineering that links America... But she was working in the BSL-4 lab, and if I understand correctly WIV and SHC014 (coronaviruses) were studied in BSL-2 and BSL3 labs, when a close to BSL-4 lab was needed.

emmelaich on July 3, 2021 [–]

There is no mention of BSL-4 in the article, which really jumped out at me.

And their earlier research was done in BSL-2!

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