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My friend offline (and some here 😎) will see this as sensationalist. (Or whatever, you’ll note I don’t even often share my patreon link because I can’t live from this anyway, it’s far too high-level questions. We’ll need other models.) anyway, I wish! I’d like this to be wrong.
If you missed the direct hiv-sars2 parallels, you can follow some @breakfast_dogs threads to get into the discussion. Or not - I can understand why some say it’s not needed for them. Personally I think it’s important to know. Take the origin of omicron! 😂
My stance on some controversial hypotheses being floated:
1. RaTG13 is not the parent of SARS-CoV-2.
2. Omicron most likely evolved naturally.
3. The SARS2 furin cleavage site did not come from a Moderna patent and
4. It did not come from the human ENaC protein.
1. RaTG13 is not the parent of SARS-CoV-2.
2. Omicron most likely evolved naturally.
3. The SARS2 furin cleavage site did not come from a Moderna patent and
4. It did not come from the human ENaC protein.
Importantly, none of the above need to be true in order for the #OriginOfCovid to be lab-related or to have involved genetic engineering.
I don't understand why some people are making the issue so weird and complicated.
I don't understand why some people are making the issue so weird and complicated.
By their own grant documents and research publications, the scientists were engaged in the type of virus discovery and manipulation research that could've plausibly led to the emergence of SARS2.
No need for any Moderna, ENaC protein, RaTG13 shenanigans.
No need for any Moderna, ENaC protein, RaTG13 shenanigans.
On Zoos/animal parks and the origin of Omicron.
According to @K_G_Andersen 1 of the 2 most likely hypotheses on the origin of Omicron is "reverse zoonosis, followed by a new zoonosis (human>animal>human)"
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According to @K_G_Andersen 1 of the 2 most likely hypotheses on the origin of Omicron is "reverse zoonosis, followed by a new zoonosis (human>animal>human)"
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Where to look then for a place of origin?
It seems that wildlife in general don't get infected easily. When Danish mink farms experienced large outbreaks of covid
- “wildlife sampled in the vicinity of the infected farms did not test positive"
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It seems that wildlife in general don't get infected easily. When Danish mink farms experienced large outbreaks of covid
- “wildlife sampled in the vicinity of the infected farms did not test positive"
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So mink and other fur farms would be an obvious place to look. But, apparently there are so few in South Africa that WHO - who made a repport on the issue - found it "very unlikely" due to the rarity of fur farms both in SA and Africa in general.
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