Yep. And this is a lab that was reportedly doing gain-of-function research.

Chance-Device 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Indeed. I wonder how much work it would be to make this antibiotic resistant. Then the Russians develop some bacteriophage that infects and kills the bacteria as their own cure.

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dualvariable an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The phrase "gain-of-function research" has acquired almost magical properties on the Internet. You can do literally anything you want to a pathogen with it.

	▲	chaostheory an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Purposely giving a pathogen increased infection abilities and more lethality, and expecting to be able to contain it in a lab has proven to be wishful thinking time and again.