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Research is coming out specifically regarding the COVID genome which suggests missing sequence data was routinely filled in from baseline reference sequences. I
by m3047 2mo ago
Research is coming out specifically regarding the COVID genome which suggests missing sequence data was routinely filled in from baseline reference sequences. In turn, the reference sequences suggest during later analysis constant reversion back to the baseline. These gaps are the (dot) product of limitations of PCR * computer processing algorithms. No reason to believe the problem is limited to COVID.
- trollbridge 1mo agoDoes this explain the conspiracy theories about “insertions”? When I looked into it, many other virus species had similar “insertions” - the problem seeming to be the sequencing itself not being accurate (as opposed to every viral disease being cooked up in a lab for the last 5,000 years)
- SubiculumCode 1mo agoA conspiracy theorist misuse a term with no knowledge of it's context? Nahhh never /s
- BigTTYGothGF 1mo agoI haven't heard anything about this, could you drop a couple references?
- SubiculumCode 1mo agoI wonder if these are what was being referenced: [1]https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11092452/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11092452/ [2]https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-025-02932-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-025-02932-8 ChatGPT helped me identify likely articles: https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6a8a7e1c82308191be82762907a607de https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6a8a7e1c82308191be82762907a607de