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Yet somehow, it's a very close match (96%) for a bat coronavirus. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2012-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-
by hajile 6y ago
Yet somehow, it's a very close match (96%) for a bat coronavirus.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2012-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2012-7
Magically, that virus was allegedly discovered in 2013, but despite their claim that it killed 3 out of 6 infected people, they somehow "forgot" to mention it to anyone anywhere or enter the genome into any public databases.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/seven-year-covid-trail-revealed-l5vxt7jqp https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/seven-year-covid-trail-re...
Even when you move away from politically-funded research, the story still stinks (well, CCP-sponsored research is still political).
- simonh 6y agoThese viruses circulate between mammal species. I said it's nearest relative might not be in bats, not that it has no relatives in bats.