Yet more keen links one might want to share

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Because understanding this new virus in laboratory conditions allows us to learn more in a safer, controlled condition. Indeed, there are gazillions of viruses out there, we live in and amongst them literally all the time. Learning about this one in the lab doesn't mean we haven't already been exposed to it, we just know more about it. Also, "successfully infected" means transferred from one organism to another. "Infected" has emotional connotations that don't apply in the context of the lab experiment.

Additionally, this fellow does this as a hobby, finding new viruses. Apparently there's a lab coat for every petri dish too.