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To be honest, I fully support scientific research - and I am not the paranoid type - but I firmly believe that when researching any virus, bacteria, or other health threat when it is uncertain as to how it is passed along, or how dangerous it is, it should be tested in a far-away, isolated place. Preferably an island somewhere, so that the damage could be contained if it got loose.
I understand that there are probably tons of precautions being taken, but I personally believe that we need to further limit the chances of something going terribly wrong. Granted, chances of something completely unforseen happening are slim, but you can't be too careful, especially when dealing with obviously dangerous materials, even more so where mode of transmission is unknown.
The article describes it as a non-descript research building... what if a car accident where to damage the building, or a telephone pole was knocked onto the building, ect. The chance of something like that happeneding are extremely small, but why risk it? Put it in an area where worse case scenario destroys a small island out there, instead of spreading like wildfire across the world. Epidemics back in the day were bad, but they typically took place in certain areas because travel was so limited, not to mention took so long. If ever someone was infected and they hopped on a plane, they could be anywhere in the world within a day - not to mention be near and possibly transmitting the virus/bacteria/whatever to tons of other people - other travelers, specifically, at the airport(s)
Bah, enough ranting - like I said, I am not the paranoid type, I just think that when dealing with unknowns - especially large calibur ones that have caused so much death in the past, bringing back with who knows what mutations, in a new world with different rules and ways to travel - you can ever be too safe.
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