Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome

Re:Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome by biscottigelato on Monday September 14, 2020 @10:09PM (#24477231)

Maybe even more troubling than the potential that the virus is engineered. It's that why are American institutions trying to limit distribution on a scientific literature just because of the literature's implications? Chilling...

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Re:Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome by dm319 on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:05AM (#24514589)

The sequenced genome is freely available to all to look at, and compare to other genomes. While gene editing is not my field, if SARS-Cov-2 looked obviously man-made, I don't think any single institution / country could stop an international community of scientists from talking about this. If the evidence of gene editing is more subtle, I suspect it will simply come out in time.

Also, there is already a paper looking at whether sars-cov-2 is man-made, published in one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world (not American):

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9

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