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In addition to that, one of their other priors supporting lab escape appears to be plainly wrong: >Furin cleavage sites are not common in other related coronav
by glenstein 6y ago
In addition to that, one of their other priors supporting lab escape appears to be plainly wrong:
>Furin cleavage sites are not common in other related coronaviruses.
However, this claim appears to have been investigated and debunked [1]
>Furin cleavage sites occurred independently for multiple times in the evolution of the coronavirus family, supporting the natural occurring hypothesis of SARS-CoV-2.
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873506120304165 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187350612...
- JoshTko 6y agoThis is key since the entire analysis hinges really on 2 or 3 key assumptions and furin cleavage is one of them.
- MichaelZuo 6y ago“With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.” - John von Neumann