{"product_id":"the-code-as-witness","title":"The Code as Witness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe origin of COVID-19 has sparked relentless debate since 2020. But if we truly follow the science, the evidence for a lab-based beginning is undeniable. In The Code as Witness, physician-scientist Steven Quay delves into the virus's genome, tracing compelling clues encoded into the virus's genetic material that point directly to human engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this book's mission isn't just to settle the debate on COVID-19's inception; it's a wake-up call and a call to action. While the COVID-19 pandemic may be fading, the threat of future outbreaks looms-- outbreaks that could be far deadlier. Irresponsible gain-of-function research, like the kind that created SARS-CoV-2, is accelerating at an alarming rate, unregulated and unchecked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book urges a collective reckoning and highlights the critical need to rein in gain-of-function experiments that toy with viral lethality or supercharge airborne transmission. If left unchecked, such research could lead to pandemics that are far more devastating than COVID-19. In these pages, Quay lays out a comprehensive set of policy changes at the federal and international level that, if implemented, could prevent a future, deadlier outbreak, while still allowing important research to continue. The days of treating high-stakes virus manipulation as a \"Wild West\" science must end--before it ends civilization as we know it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Encounter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45787362918447,"sku":"9781641774710","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/2855\/6847\/files\/imageloader_c2330062-1684-407a-a138-9b3695b95953.jpg?v=1786148305","url":"https:\/\/tssbooks.com\/products\/the-code-as-witness","provider":"tssbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}