That was one of the key points of this good article, though it was careful to not paint Fauci et al in a bad light, as if “someone” “somewhere” made bad decisions, which I disagree with.
Fauci should be exposed for his part in this, investigated, tried, and severely punished with the any available penalties up to and including capital punishment. I doubt it will happen though.
I don’t see it that way. I see it as being intentionally driven, and for a country that murdered tens if not hundreds of millions of its own citizens without even blinking an eye, I fail to see how that can be far fetched.
Because this was being done in a level 2 facility, and it was widely known (apparently) that it should have been in a safer and more secure level 3 facility, just how difficult would it have been to intentionally infect someone?
I have no doubt that in a level 3 facility, not only would it have been harder to get accidentally infected with a pathogen being studied, it would have been harder to get your hands on, and deliberately infect someone with a pathogen being studied.
I am willing to bet that in a level 3 facility, access to stocks of viruses, and chain-of-custody procedures are more stringent. They would have to be.
We know that going from a level 3 to a level 4 is another world of firewalls and impediments to just walking to a fridge and pulling out samples.
“I have no doubt that in a level 3 facility, not only would it have been harder to get accidentally infected with a pathogen being studied, it would have been harder to get your hands on, ...”
Don’t bet on it. Once you get on staff there are few if any safeguards to accessing all types of materials, including biologicals.