@coded_artist @RedTechEngineer You should be aware that China's / Wuhan's BSL-4 facility (biohazard safety level 4 -- the most dangerous) was built without China having any expertise in the technology, construction, and maintenance of such a facility. It was done under the pressure of their State. And we were doing our best to train them on not killing us all by flying their scientists and engineers to our facilities in the USA.

China had documented lab leaks before this. SARS in 2004, for one.

If America wasn't cooperating by trying to help them do GoF research safely, then what? They weren't gonna stop just because we asked them nicely.