Circumstantial evidence #OriginOfCovid
Lab: Outbreak started next to low biosafety lab studying & engineering diverse SARS-like viruses from caves & markets across China & SE Asia.
Market: Early Covid-19 cluster was at market that sold animals that can carry SARS-like viruses.
Lab: Outbreak started next to low biosafety lab studying & engineering diverse SARS-like viruses from caves & markets across China & SE Asia.
Market: Early Covid-19 cluster was at market that sold animals that can carry SARS-like viruses.
Circ. evidence that moved the 🪡 for me was 2021 revelation that the Wuhan-US scientists had a 2018 roadmap for inserting novel cleavage sites in unspecified SARS-like viruses👩🔬
SARS2 is the only known SARS-like virus with such a cleavage site insertion. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/39…
SARS2 is the only known SARS-like virus with such a cleavage site insertion. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/39…
For me, it would be a colossal coincidence (but not implausible) for a virus like SARS2 to naturally emerge in the only city in the world where scientists had years of access to SARS2-like viruses and the plans+ability to insert novel cleavage sites (a feature unique to SARS2).
There are 10,000s of live animal markets worldwide, many located in South China or SE Asia where SARS2-like viruses have been found.
But the pandemic virus decided to emerge at the market in the one city with the only lab in the world with the above activities and capabilities.
But the pandemic virus decided to emerge at the market in the one city with the only lab in the world with the above activities and capabilities.
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