One thing I know for sure is that .... gain of function research ... should be banned world wide. With this type research going on, it is only a matter of time til an even worse virus gets out.
It was supposed to be banned in the US, but the CDC got around it by funding the Wuhan gain of function research thru a 3rd party. Sneaky snakes that should be paying a price for doing that.
Enforcing the ban would be difficult given that the institutions that should be protecting us .... WHO, CDC ..... seem to be corrupted.
I have installed and worked on pressurization, fume hood, and other control systems in labs and seen first hand how basic safety practices are violated .... simple things like carrying an open bucket full of liquid nitrogen down a crowded hallway. The people who work there get numb to the safety protocols after working there for a while.
I have seen people who operate the control systems permanently silence critical alarms for air velocity and pressure ... simply because they don't know how to fix the problem and don't want their management to know that.
I refused to work at one lab because a couple of the maintenance workers were permanently on medical leave after having some sort of fungus growing in their lungs. I had been in that same lab once when suddenly, the entire facility smelled strongly of skunk .... I have no idea what they were doing, but it was very obvious it hadn't been contained. You couldn't pay me enough to continue working at that facility.