Experts express concerns about the safety and oversight of a new bat vivarium under construction at Colorado State University, which will support studies on pathogens like coronaviruses and Nipah virus. There are worries that if pandemic viruses are released, it could lead to catastrophic consequences.
Earlier this week, at the ASV 2024 meeting, CSU's Nipah bat researcher Tony Schountz organized a session titled "Studying Bats Using a One Health Lens" with one speaker from EcoHealth Alliance & another from the Uniformed Services Univ of the Health Sciences (military research) https://t.co/L4e9X6BM1W https://t.co/06OJGgIprB
"Steve Luby…at Stanford…has concerns about the safety of the experiments the new facility will make possible…Luby, who for 8 years investigated…Nipah virus outbreaks,…says…'if we…get pandemic viruses released, this is a catastrophe for all of us." https://t.co/jfB6pVOWRq
The threat Nipah virus presents to the public does not justify the Nipah virus research proposed at Colorado State. I welcome Tony Schountz @TSchountz to participate in an open discussion about this with @JustinRGoodman and local community members on a July 24 X Space. https://t.co/dEiRXpOFE1
A bat vivarium under construction at Colorado State University will provide animals for new studies of pathogens such as coronaviruses and Nipah virus. https://t.co/04kxPgdXDQ
Colorado bat facility that will support virus studies sparks outbreak fears | Science | AAAS https://t.co/uTholdxNLx
"Ebright said if COVID-19 came from the lab in Wuhan, which he thinks is a high likelihood, 'it came out of that lab because of weaknesses, flaws, in U.S. federal oversight of biosafety and biorisk management.”'" https://t.co/YZ9xape0mS