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I feel this is like throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks: > they even tried to hide the original sequence which our vaccines are based on. By the acc

I feel this is like throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks: > they even tried to hide the original sequence which our vaccines are based on. By the accounts I've read, there was rivalry between the China CDC and researchers at different institutions to publish the genome first, not to hide it. The China CDC was taking longer to validate the genetic sequence and write up a publication, and they didn't want to be scooped. But regardless of the delay this caused, the genome was published extraordinarily quickly - less than two weeks after the first patient test results even suggested that there might be a new virus.

tim333 5y ago
Ok - googling the story on the original sequence seems to have changed. The original reporting https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3052966/chinese-laboratory-first-shared-coronavirus-genome-world-ordered https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3052966/chin... suggested a cover up but a more recent interview with the guy suggests not https://time.com/5882918/zhang-yongzhen-interview-china-coronavirus-genome/ https://time.com/5882918/zhang-yongzhen-interview-china-coro...