> Using the SARS-CoV reverse genetics system, we generated and characterized a chimeric virus expressing the spike of bat coronavirus SHC014 in a mouse-adapted

> Using the SARS-CoV reverse genetics system, we generated and characterized a chimeric virus expressing the spike of bat coronavirus SHC014 in a mouse-adapted SARS-CoV backbone Again, the media should be absolutely ashamed of how it treated people who proposed that this virus may have been from a lab, and may have been the product of human intervention. It may still be the case that neither of these theories turn out to be true, but they are certainly plausible given the available information, and perhaps more plausible than the official line. I see no reason to take big media seriously on anything at this point.