And you’ve now equivocated between “they’ve induced an EA cause area” and a list of the range of risks covered by biosecurity—not what their primary concerns are—and citing this as “one of them.” I certainly agree that biosecurity levels are one of the things biosecurity is about, and that “the possibility of accidental deployment of biological agents” is a key issue, but that’s incredibly far removed from the original claim that the failure of BSL levels induced the cause area!
If you’re appealing to OpenPhil, it might be useful to ask one of the people who was working with them on this as well.
And you’ve now equivocated between “they’ve induced an EA cause area” and a list of the range of risks covered by biosecurity—not what their primary concerns are—and citing this as “one of them.” I certainly agree that biosecurity levels are one of the things biosecurity is about, and that “the possibility of accidental deployment of biological agents” is a key issue, but that’s incredibly far removed from the original claim that the failure of BSL levels induced the cause area!