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" Although the evidence shows that SARS-CoV-2 is not a purposefully manipulated virus, it is currently impossible to prove or disprove the other theories of its
by throwaway5752 7y ago
" Although the evidence shows that SARS-CoV-2 is not a purposefully manipulated virus, it is currently impossible to prove or disprove the other theories of its origin described here. However, since we observed all notable SARS-CoV-2 features, including the optimized RBD and polybasic cleavage site, in related coronaviruses in nature, we do not believe that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible."
- GrumpyNl 7y agoBut they are not 100% sure.
- jacquesm 7y agoThat's how science works. 99.9% still leaves a small chance, so no good scientist would say 'I'm sure'. They'd only say that if they had proof of something and you can't prove a negative. So there never will be proof that it is not the case, only ever more evidence that it probably is not the case. And all of that evidence could - in theory - be made moot by proof to the contrary.
- downerending 7y agoIt's not like the "creator" of a virus has to sign their work. It's ultimately just an RNA sequence. One can make guesses about the origin of the sequence, but that's it.