Opinion: Lab leak in Spain? A wake-up call for global biosafety
Opinion: Lab leak in Spain? A wake-up call for global biosafety
- December 23, 2025
- Andrew Noymer, public health and CPIP, The Orange County Register, Dec. 23, 2025 (Opinion)
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Andrew Noymer, an associate professor of population health & disease prevention at the University of California, Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health and CPIP affiliate writes, “The lab connection to the current African swine fever virus outbreak in Spain cannot be denied. It is the only logical explanation. We must use this as an opportunity to reform dangerous biological research for the sake of all humanity. It will require a global effort, one in which the United States should lead by example by acting first to restrict and relocate BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs, and to tightly regulate and audit BSL-2 labs so that the same work is not simply conducted under less stringent conditions.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.ocregister.com/2025/12/23/lab-leak-in-spain-a-wake-up-call-for-global-biosafety/.
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