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		dmix 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CIA now favors lab leak theory to explain Covid's ... What does the biocontainment angle entail? They keep the bodies of animals (or live ones) or samples?

Fomite 9 months ago [–]

Biocontainment just means that the virus stays in the lab and doesn't move outside it - be that the disposal of lab materials, accidental infections, etc.

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