Source: Libertarian Institute
“Calling it a ‘lab leak’ makes the story feel tidy, but the real scandal might be the system that makes lab-origin disasters plausible in the first place. We sit down with independent journalist Sam Husseini to unpack gain-of-function research, why ‘potentially pandemic pathogens’ are funded and defended, and how a small circle of incentives, prestige, and national security framing can turn high-risk virology into business as usual.” (07/20/26)