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We don’t have zero evidence: - we know of the US funding collection of coronaviruses at WIV; and research on them using humanized mice - we know that the clos
by zmgsabst 3y ago
We don’t have zero evidence:
- we know of the US funding collection of coronaviruses at WIV; and research on them using humanized mice
- we know that the closest genetic match is a thousand miles away
- we’ve been unable to identify the precursor in an animal, unlike other pandemics
That strongly implies that directed evolution on a collected sample via repeated infection of humanized mice is responsible for COVID.
Contrary to your claims, there’s evidence against a zoonotic origin — no precursor, high human infectivity (of alpha) that rapidly decreased in the wild (in delta and omicron), unusual genetics around the furin cleavage, etc.
- biophysboy 3y agoTwo of the points are lack of evidence; these would be more compelling to me if I felt that our viral surveillance was robust. The first point is circumstantial like the wet market evidence. Good evidence would be covid positive samples. We cant go back in time and collect this.