We don't know how concerned experts are about engineered pandemics

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Published on August 9, 2026 5:28 PM GMTVirology is a complex field that requires years of study to enter. As such, we should not expect that we can get a good sense of how concerning engineered pandemics are based on arguments alone. Instead, we should rely on the views of experts. Problematically, though, we don't have good enough data to know what experts actually think.As far as I know, there have been three studies asking experts about their concern about engineered pandemics, but two of the...

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