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Some biosafety and public health researchers contend that certain pandemic prevention efforts themselves carry risk of triggering pandemics (e.g. wildlife virus sampling), though not engaging in any form of sampling also carries the risk of being unprepared for future spillover events and being unaware of future pandemic pathogens.
On 6 May 2024, the [[White House]] released an official policy to more safely manage medical research projects involving [[Pathogen|potentially hazardous pathogens]], including [[Virus|viruses]] and [[bacteria]], that may pose a risk of a [[pandemic]].<ref name="NYT-20240507">{{cite news |last1=Zimmer |first1=Carl |last2=Mueller |first2=Benjamin |title=U.S. Tightens Rules on Risky Virus Research - A long-awaited new policy broadens the type of regulated viruses, bacteria, fungi and toxins, including those that could threaten crops and livestock. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/science/covid-lab-leak-biosafety-rules-virus-research.html |date=7 May 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.
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