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Together, they formed a group called DRASTIC, short for Decentralized Radical Autonomous Search Team Investigating COVID-19. Some were cutting-edge scientists at prestigious research institutes. As they posted their findings on Twitter, they were soon joined by others around the world. Having connected online, Demaneuf and de Maistre began assembling a comprehensive list of research laboratories in China. Others are designated BSL-3 and even BSL-2, roughly as secure as an American dentist’s office. Only one of them has the highest biosafety protocol: BSL-4, in which researchers must wear full-body pressurized suits with independent oxygen. In fact, the WIV housed numerous laboratories that worked on coronaviruses.

A laboratory project director based in Paris who had previously studied and worked in China, de Maistre was busy debunking the notion that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was a “laboratory” at all. Demaneuf published his findings in a Medium post, titled “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: a review of SARS Lab Escapes.” By then, he had begun working with another armchair investigator, Rodolphe de Maistre.