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19 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Zoom Corona Round Table: SARS-CoV-2 and #COVID19: science in the spotlight ensser.org/events/2020/zo… Speakers: Dr. Michael Antoniou, Prof. Ignacio Chapela and Prof. Giuseppe Longo. Dr. Antoniou's talk is titled: “SARS-CoV-2: natural original or laboratory creation? Does it matter?”
Antoniou got interested in the origins of SARS-CoV-2 after reading a paper claiming to show it couldn't be a lab creation, that ignored well-known ways of generating novel viruses in the lab. He wrote to the journal but they didn't want to know. More here gmwatch.org/en/news/latest…
Antoniou also came across claims that if SARS-CoV-2 had been engineered it would have left "signatures" or "scars" in its genome. But having manipulated genes for decades he knew that there were commonly used methods that left no "scars" behind. More here gmwatch.org/en/news/latest…
Antoniou's impressed by Alina Chan's paper contrasting the pattern of genetic changes that occurred early on in the SARS1 outbreak, with SARS2. V many mutations occur as SARS1 adapts to humans. But not w/ SARS 2—seems already well-adapted to infect humans gmwatch.org/en/news/latest…
Dr. Michael Antoniou, a molecular geneticist at King's College London, is extensively interviewed in English in this Italian documentary on the origins of SARS-CoV-2 (14:47) 🙏 @MedicalScitech #COVID19

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