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2020-03-21 Science & Technology

The coronavirus did not escape from a lab. Here's how we know.

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Posted by JohnQC 2020-03-21 15:43|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 We had this, ridiculous, article before.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-21 16:08|| 2020-03-21 16:08|| Front Page Top

#2 "My name is Xi Jinping, and I approve this message."

Posted by Matt 2020-03-21 16:43|| 2020-03-21 16:43|| Front Page Top

#3 So wehby then did the Chinese try to bury it?

Posted by gorb 2020-03-21 17:05|| 2020-03-21 17:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Another nail in the "escaped from evil lab" theory? The overall molecular structure of this virus is distinct from the known coronaviruses and instead most closely resembles viruses found in bats and pangolins that had been little studied and never known to cause humans any harm.

The guy in charge of the Wuhan facility was doing research involving bats. The facility at Wuhan was there due to the number of bats in the area which, not suprisingly, wound up in the market stalls of the local wet market. Add to that the finding that one of the guys at the facility was making money on the side selling the lab animals when protocols required that they be incinerated.

Posted by Ptah 2020-03-21 17:54|| http://crusaderwarcollege.org 2020-03-21 17:54|| Front Page Top

#5 The other question ignored in this article:

How did a strand of HIV gene get into the RNA of this virus? They are 2 very different types of viruses. (Think humans and orangutans)

Not likely without lab intervention.

Posted by Martin Angeang2170 2020-03-21 18:25|| 2020-03-21 18:25|| Front Page Top

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