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Gain of function serial infection techniques do not constitute natural evolution: they constitute lab-directed evolution. That is for all intents and purposes
by trevelyan 6y ago
Gain of function serial infection techniques do not constitute natural evolution: they constitute lab-directed evolution.
That is for all intents and purposes man-made, unless one is splitting hairs, which much of the politicized media is doing.
- hazeii 6y agoVery unlikely to be the case here though, in particular because the same receptor domain is found in the wild (e.g. pangolins). Yes, quite a lot of media have become politicised (the reason for which being quite well understood). None the less, the science is what it is - provisional. It is not surprising that commercial entities take particular positions to benefit from said politicisation. In most countries at least, the science will ultimately give us the answer.