World’s most dangerous biolabs studying diseases with NO CURE as Covid leak feared to have infected dozens in Taiwan
while working at the BSL-3 facility in Taipei.
The KCL paper - penned by Dr Filippa Lentzos and Dr Gregory D. Koblentz - warns international standards are woefully inadequate to properly police the major threat posed by the labs.high-levels of safety and security protection must be applied and that the work must be conducted responsibly", it reads.
And it also warns pathogens could be stolen from these labs, viruses could be repurposed to actively cause harm, and the lab's very existence may destabilise as governments fear their rivals may be developing bioweapons. China denies everything and has blasted the US for speculating on a lab leak - but what was once dubbed a "conspiracy theory" is moving from the fringe into the mainstream.
"There is, as of yet, no concrete evidence for either natural spillover or a lab leak, but there is mounting circumstantial evidence for a lab leak, and the theory needs to be thoroughly and credibly investigated. "There is, however, currently no requirement to report these facilities internationally, and no international entity is mandated to collect such information and provide oversight at a global level," it warns.
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