Originally Posted by
AllWobbly
From New Scientist:
The virus’s genome has been sequenced, and if it had been altered, we would expect to see signs of inserted gene sequences. But we now know the points that differ from bat viruses are scattered in a fairly random way, just as they would be if the new virus had evolved naturally.
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/term/co...#ixzz6Jq5akj9c
I never wrote that the virus had inserted sequencing or is a bio-weapon. That doesn’t mean it didn’t escape from a lab where the ChiComs study corona viruses, perhaps for legitimate research purposes, and specifically from horseshoe bats. Don’t confuse it not being a manmade weapon from the likelihood that a naturally occurring corona virus escaped due to shoddy safety protocols.