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Biosecurity
Research agendas, questions, and project lists
Global catastrophic biological risk
Megaprojects
Refuges
Biosurveillance
Antibiotic resistance
Journalism
Guarding Against Pandemics
Nucleic Acid Observatory
Metagenomics
Deutsch/ German
140 posts
COVID-19 pandemic
Vaccines
Pandemic preparedness
1Day Sooner
Human challenge trials
Schmidt Futures
Alvea
Institute for Progress
359
Concrete Biosecurity Projects (some of which could be big)
ASB
11mo
72
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Announcing the Nucleic Acid Observatory project for early detection of catastrophic biothreats
Will Bradshaw
7mo
3
186
Delay, Detect, Defend: Preparing for a Future in which Thousands Can Release New Pandemics by Kevin Esvelt
Jeremy
1mo
7
168
EA Projects I'd Like to See
finm
9mo
41
166
List of Lists of Concrete Biosecurity Project Ideas
Tessa
5mo
5
165
What Rethink Priorities General Longtermism Team Did in 2022, and Updates in Light of the Current Situation
Linch
6d
8
157
EA megaprojects continued
mariushobbhahn
1y
49
142
Map of Biosecurity Interventions
James Lin
1mo
29
141
Biosecurity needs engineers and materials scientists
Will Bradshaw
1y
11
133
Help us make civilizational refuges happen
Linch
8mo
13
129
Most research/advocacy charities are not scalable
Kirsten
1y
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Project Ideas in Biosecurity for EAs
Davidmanheim
1y
20
111
Apply to join SHELTER Weekend this August
Joel Becker
6mo
19
111
EA's Achievements in 2022
ElliotJDavies
6d
7
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Some observations from an EA-adjacent (?) charitable effort
patio11
11d
8
362
Announcing Alvea—An EA COVID Vaccine Project
kyle_fish
10mo
25
202
Experimental longtermism: theory needs data
Jan_Kulveit
9mo
10
202
COVID: How did we do? How can we know?
Ghost_of_Li_Wenliang
1y
48
147
Stop Thinking about FTX. Think About Getting Zika Instead.
jeberts
1mo
5
128
Concerning the Recent 2019-Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
Matthew_Barnett
2y
142
127
How we failed
Jan_Kulveit
9mo
16
121
How well did EA-funded biorisk organisations do on Covid?
John G. Halstead
1y
51
121
Coronavirus Research Ideas for EAs
Peter Wildeford
2y
20
110
How has biosecurity/pandemic preparedness philanthropy helped with coronavirus, and how might it help with similar future situations?
vipulnaik
2y
2
105
COVID-19 brief for friends and family
eca
2y
68
94
microCOVID.org: A tool to estimate COVID risk from common activities
catherio
2y
25
89
EA Should Spend Its “Funding Overhang” on Curing Infectious Diseases
joshcmorrison
1y
11
86
Will protests lead to thousands of coronavirus deaths?
Larks
2y
59