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Re:Oldest 'nearly complete' HIV genome found in forgotten ti... by scottlocklin on Saturday May 30, 2020 @02:38PM (#23363479)
Yeah dude that could never happen. Except it already did:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4797993/

https://norkinvirology.wordpress.com/2015/12/04/genetically-...

https://www.pnas.org/content/113/11/3048

I don't know what your purpose is in regurgitating verifiable but admittedly realistic-sounding bullshit on hacker news, but virtually every statement you have made here is obvious bullshit.

I don't even particularly believe the "possibly released from a lab" meme, and am generally against the shadowy dipshits that push it. But you're not helping here.

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Re:Oldest 'nearly complete' HIV genome found in forgotten ti... by DiogenesKynikos on Saturday May 30, 2020 @02:51PM (#23363589)
What happened?

Are you saying that a chimeric virus created in a lab was found to have thousands of seemingly random mutations throughout its genome?

Or are you claiming that a chimeric virus was created using a backbone that nobody had ever heard of?

Be specific, because it's impossible to respond if you vaguely call what I'm saying BS.

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