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1/13

I did a bit of reading on #coronavirus research today, loosening the cobwebs of what I remember from majoring in molecular biology at MIT.

Per @K_G_Andersen's paper below, the structure of SARS-CoV-2 makes it a highly improbable man-made virus.

nature.com/articles/s4159…
2/13

The short summary is that the spike protein that it uses to enter human cells is similar to that of #SARS_COV_2 (the original one that resulted in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic), but has differences that actually seem to make it LESS of a good fit.
3/13

So basically, it doesn't make sense that scientists hoping to make a bioweapon would fabricate something inferior to what already exists.
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