"The preprint does not specify the biosafety level and biosafety precautions used for the research," he continued.

"The absence of this information raises the concerning possibility that part or all of this research, like the research in Wuhan in 2016-2019 that likely caused the Covid-19 pandemic, recklessly was performed without the minimal biosafety containment and practices essential for research with potential pandemic pathogens."

Retired professor of medicine at Stanford Dr. Gennadi Glinsky wrote: "This madness must be stopped before too late."