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> My Occam's razor says that every other virus has a natural origin, why wouldnt this one too? That's simply not true. There's an entire branch of virology ded
by someuser54541 4y ago
> My Occam's razor says that every other virus has a natural origin, why wouldnt this one too?
That's simply not true. There's an entire branch of virology dedicated to synthetic viruses; the first was made over 20 years ago.
- kelseyfrog 4y ago
- alchemist1e9 4y agoDoes your razor include a previous pandemic originating from a Soviet lab leak? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Russian_flu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Russian_flu
- byteduck 4y agoVirus that escaped from a lab != intentionally engineered synthetic virus.
- alchemist1e9 4y agoObviously. I’m just pointing out his razor isn’t well informed.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoUpdated so that now all viruses both past and present are of synthetic origin. Thanks!