SARS-CoV-2 has 30,000 nucleotides, the Moderna patent 3,300. And the new finding is 19 of those match. The articles quotes two experts that say it's a coincide

SARS-CoV-2 has 30,000 nucleotides, the Moderna patent 3,300. And the new finding is 19 of those match. The articles quotes two experts that say it's a coincidence. [Professor Lawrence Young, a virologist at Warwick University] 'We're talking about a very, very, very small piece made up of 19 nucleotides. [...] 'So it doesn't mean very much to be frank, if you do these types of searches you can always find matches.'" [Dr Simon Clarke, a microbiologist at Reading University] 'There can only be a certain number of [genetic combinations within] furin cleavage sites. 'They function like a lock and key in the cell, and the two only fit together in a limited number of combinations.' 'So it's an interesting coincidence but this is surely entirely coincidental.'