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Chargement... Pandora's Gamble: Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Riskpar Alison Young
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"This fearless, deeply reported book about laboratory accidents asks the haunting question some elite scientists don't want the public to entertain: Did the COVID-19 pandemic start with a lab leak in Wuhan, China? This is an obvious question. Yet there's been an extraordinary effort by government officials in China, as well as leading scientific experts in the United States and around the world, to shut down any investigation or discussion of the lab leak theory. In private, however, some of the world's elite scientists have seen a lab accident as a very real and horrifying possibility. They know what the public doesn't. Lab accidents happen with shocking frequency. Even at the world's best-run labs. That's among the revelations from Alison Young, the award-winning investigative reporter who has spent nearly 15 years uncovering shocking safety breaches at prestigious U.S. laboratories for USA Today and other respected news outlets. In Pandora's Gamble, Young goes deep into the troubling history -- and enormous risks -- of leaks and accidents at scientific labs. She takes readers on a riveting journey around the world to some of the worst lab mishaps in history, including the largely unknown stories of the lab workers at the U.S. Army's Camp Detrick who suffered devastating infections at alarming rates during World War II. And her groundbreaking reporting exposes for the first time disturbing new details about recent accidents at prestigious laboratories -- and the alarming gaps in government oversight that put all of us at risk. Sourced through meticulous reporting and exclusive interviews with key players including Dr. Anthony Fauci, former CDC Director Tom Frieden and others, Young's examination reveals that the only thing rare about lab accidents is the public rarely finds out about them. Because when accidents happen, powerful people and institutions often work hard to keep the information secret"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)579.0289Natural sciences and mathematics Life Sciences, Biology Microorganisms, fungi and algaeClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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So on the one hand, there's a narrative about documented safety issues in bioresearch labs, and it's obviously not made up. It's a real thing. It is extremely well-documented and sourced. I believe it.
But on the other hand, I am so infuriated about everything I am reading, that my mind doesn't want to believe any of it, and I find myself unable to continue reading the book at times, going a day or two without reading at all.
So yeah, this book is infuriating, because either administrative incompetence / hubris, lack of funding, fears of lawsuits, PR bullshit, something else, or all of the above is contributing to people basically rolling the dice with human life and safety.
One little thing I would change about this book (except for the very need for its existence in the first place) would be the inclusion of a few paragraphs (if not an entire chapter) at the beginning of the book detailing the type of research conducted in bioresearch labs. Let the reader determine if the safety breeches are truly "worth it," so to speak. But I think not including any rationale for the labs leads the reader to conclude that under no circumstances should BSL-3 or BSL-4 labs even exist in the first place. ( )