It seems like “biological weapons facility” is a quite subjective term. The US position is that their own army labs that produced anthrax that was used after 9/11 are not a “biological weapons facility” because while they do produce anthrax that could be used militarily, it’s not produced with the intent of military use.
Based on those definitions it’s plausible that the Ukrainian labs produce viruses that can be weaponized but that the US just doesn’t see them as a “biological weapons facility” because they believe the intent for offensive use isn’t there.
If you make exact predictions like that you should define what you mean with your terms.
It’s like Fauci’s dance saying that there’s no gain-of-function research in the paper he mailed around with gain-of-function in the filename. The US government doesn’t use commonsense definitions for words when it comes to biosafety.
The US government doesn’t use commonsense definitions for words when it comes to biosafety.
I use the common sense definition where if, for example, there’s military risk in letting your enemies get ahold of them because they’re dangerous viruses deliberately designed to maximize damage, that’s a bioweapon.
It seems like “biological weapons facility” is a quite subjective term. The US position is that their own army labs that produced anthrax that was used after 9/11 are not a “biological weapons facility” because while they do produce anthrax that could be used militarily, it’s not produced with the intent of military use.
Based on those definitions it’s plausible that the Ukrainian labs produce viruses that can be weaponized but that the US just doesn’t see them as a “biological weapons facility” because they believe the intent for offensive use isn’t there.
Glenn Greenwalds reporting is good on this. https://rumble.com/vx2iq7-the-white-houses-game-playing-denials-of-bio-labs-in-ukraine.html is the freely accessible video version, there’s also a written version on his substack behind a paywall.
If you make exact predictions like that you should define what you mean with your terms.
It’s like Fauci’s dance saying that there’s no gain-of-function research in the paper he mailed around with gain-of-function in the filename. The US government doesn’t use commonsense definitions for words when it comes to biosafety.
I use the common sense definition where if, for example, there’s military risk in letting your enemies get ahold of them because they’re dangerous viruses deliberately designed to maximize damage, that’s a bioweapon.