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:In the early days of the epidemic, the Wuhan lab's BSL-4 rating was widely touted. This was highly misleading. The part of the lab where Shi's experiments took place was rated as BSL-3, and substandard BSL-3 at that. A well-maintained dentist's office in the U.S. could qualify for a BSL-3 rating. Perhaps the BSL-4 section of the lab was reserved for military research.
:In the early days of the epidemic, the Wuhan lab's BSL-4 rating was widely touted. This was highly misleading. The part of the lab where Shi's experiments took place was rated as BSL-3, and substandard BSL-3 at that. A well-maintained dentist's office in the U.S. could qualify for a BSL-3 rating. Perhaps the BSL-4 section of the lab was reserved for military research.
:The Obama administration banned gain-of-function research in October 2014. It proved to be a fateful decision. Ralph Baric and other gain-of-function researchers began working with Shi so they could continue their research, even though the Wuhan lab could scarcely be considered a secure facility at that time. Fauci lifted the ban in December 2017, in the closing days of Obama administration.[https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-lifts-funding-pause-gain-function-research] [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 22:50, June 4, 2021 (EDT)
:The Obama administration banned gain-of-function research in October 2014. It proved to be a fateful decision. Ralph Baric and other gain-of-function researchers began working with Shi so they could continue their research, even though the Wuhan lab could scarcely be considered a secure facility at that time. Fauci lifted the ban in December 2017, in the closing days of Obama administration.[https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-lifts-funding-pause-gain-function-research] [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 22:50, June 4, 2021 (EDT)
==Case study==
The posting on this talk page was made by on Jan. 27, 2020. I wrote, "avoiding conspiratorial language of its origins (although it may in fact be a bio-weapon)." What happened? my advice was ignored and other editors fill the page up with [[CCP]] & [[MSM]] conspiracy theories about bat stew.
Are we conservatives thinking people? or are we just sheeple who will fall for any line of fake news crap simply because it appears in the MSM for four consecutive days? Do we even pay attention to who these sources are? It's been the same story over and over again with WMD, Trump-Russia, election fraud, and now a bio-attack upon the United States.
This is a testament to the sorry state of communication between editors, which has been discouraged by management from the founding. Proposals for reform have been dealt with harshly. So what does that leaves us? ''The New York Times''? CNN? and the CCP for credible sources?
Next go-round with global crisis (which may be sooner than you expect), I hope we allow for some discussion of issues and qualifying sources before going off half-cocked with communist talking points to mislead out readers. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]</sup> 13:39, June 5, 2021 (EDT)