Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab for Risky Coronavirus Research

Re:Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab for Risky Corona... by RobertoG on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:07AM (#23066981)

Thanks for this. It really change the priors, reading those numbers. I will read all the article.

Weighting against the lab theory also, it seems that there is not record of the "animal passage" technique was being used in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. That seems like something necessary.

There are so many thing that I don't understand in all this, that I'm probably not qualified to have a strong opinion yet (or maybe never). For instance, I don't understand why bats are so prone to be source of viruses instead of other mammals.

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Re:Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab for Risky Corona... by kixiQu on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:58PM (#23071194)

If https://healthcareinamerica.us/what-makes-bats-the-perfect-h... is accurate:

* variable body temperature (they heat when they fly) * many species roost very closely in large numbers * weird immune system traits (they have very fast metabolisms, so they present an odd environment for pathogens)

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