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Got a link? I'm interested to see how its even possible to distinguish that.
by swebs 5y ago
Got a link? I'm interested to see how its even possible to distinguish that.
- Gibbon1 5y agoI think one. I can't vouch for any of the detail. (Just like almost everyone else) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 "Furthermore, if genetic manipulation had been performed, one of the several reverse-genetic systems available for betacoronaviruses would probably have been used19. However, the genetic data irrefutably show that SARS-CoV-2 is not derived from any previously used virus backbone"
- dekhn 5y agoWhen a scientist says 'irrefutably' that just means you should check their work even more carefully. One of the authors of this paper is mentioned in the article, he's walked back his stance a bit.