Dr Sarah Pitt, a virologist at the University of Brighton, told BBC Radio Scotland the fact there are a lot of differences in the new variant was not necessarily a cause for alarm.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66670500?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

In her book she quotes a weary unnamed scientist: “Ask a field virologist what constitutes an epidemic worth looking into and he’ll answer with characteristic cynicism, ‘The death of one white person.’

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/04/i-warned-the-fbi-about-this-guy-osama-bin-laden-the-people-who-predicted-disasters-from-the-2008-crash-to-covid

Theodora Hatziioannou, a virologist at the Rockefeller University, said that it was critical that the raw data be released.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/health/covid-origins-who.html