It goes without saying a virology lab of this level isn’t the same as most organizations. Given the nature of their activities they have safety systems in place to prevent a virus from spreading at the work place.
> Given the nature of their activities they have safety systems in place to prevent a virus from spreading at the work place.
This is a silly assertion. Precautions are taken against the viruses being studied in the labs themselves - gloves, hoods, special suits if you're working with something like Ebola - but when you go to the cafeteria or visit someone's office, it's unlikely people were masking or distancing etc. pre-COVID.
Colds/flus likely spread like they do at any other workplace.
yes that's the most suspect part of this narrative. that lab workers working in an environment and educated about virus and communicative diseases would get sick and then go to a public emergency room against all common sense.
This is a silly assertion. Precautions are taken against the viruses being studied in the labs themselves - gloves, hoods, special suits if you're working with something like Ebola - but when you go to the cafeteria or visit someone's office, it's unlikely people were masking or distancing etc. pre-COVID.
Colds/flus likely spread like they do at any other workplace.