Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 shouldn't be ruled out

Re:Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2... by natch on Friday April 09, 2021 @07:55PM (#26757589)

> you cannot take any virus known in nature

That is such a straw man. I seriously doubt anyone, much less a signatory to the recent open letter (many with experience and knowledge far beyond yours) would have claimed they can take ANY virus and transform it to ANY OTHER virus. Your green handle just lost any respect I might have extended to it.

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Re:Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2... by mushishi on Saturday April 10, 2021 @05:58AM (#26760313)

I feel their intention was to say that there is no known virus in nature that could be transformed to specifically SARS-CoV-2?

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Re:Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2... by jeduehr on Saturday April 10, 2021 @08:20AM (#26760962)

yeah, not in the time frame available or with the tools available. It would either have to be some hidden virus that they all lied about, or somehow an unknown contaminant in their samples that then also disappeared when they looked.

All new assumptions that make this theory less likely.

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Re:Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2... by natch on Saturday April 10, 2021 @01:38PM (#26763319)

Or, rather than starting with ANY virus as in your straw man, the lab started with a strain of the actual virus, from nature, and then leaked it with or without changes. Note the “or without” part. I don’t see how you rule this out.

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