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Not that shocking. After nCoV-2019 was sequenced, the first thing they would do is compare it to all previously sequenced virus samples.
by jml7c5 6y ago
Not that shocking. After nCoV-2019 was sequenced, the first thing they would do is compare it to all previously sequenced virus samples.
- Uberphallus 6y agoThe shocking part is that her lab never published that sequence contrary, to my knowledge, to common practice. Also the little research associated to it. Let's gloss over the whole thing: 1- In 2012 6 mine workers get infected with a SARS-like disease, test positive for SARS-specific antibodies, 3 die. 2- Shi is literally sent to that cave to research the bat coronaviruses there that might have had caused the illness. 3- Her team finds a plethora of viral samples of potentially zoonotic diseases. 4- Her team describes generic findings, no full sequences published whatsoever, no mention of the actual reason that motivated the study of that shaft. Fast forward to 2020 5- SARS-like disease arises, sequence matches 96% with one that potentially killed 3 miners that somehow wasn't really researched past basic findings.