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This Week in Virology, Episode 664, where virologists discuss this paper. Get an expert opinion. (https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/ https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/)

• srslack 6y ago
  >another bogus claim that the virus was produced in a laboratory (it came from Nature) Seems the "expert" opinion is entirely dismissive of any claims contradicting the narrative that it came entirely from nature/naturally selected. Despite the fact that this week, there's research showing the pangolin was ruled out as an intermediate, and the bat theory is totally absurd. I find other discussions[1] surrounding this far more compelling than an outright dismissal. Jumping to any conclusion, either way, is premature. But I'd hope we'd all agree that if it escaped from a lab when researchers were doing GoF research, that such research should be banned worldwide. And this apparently being the third lab escape in a decade from Chinese labs, that they are far more scrutinized. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/ismdn7/unusual_features_of_the_sarscov2_genome/g5dcgw6/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/ismdn7/unusual_fea...