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Re:Fauci: 'There's no way' the coronavirus was made with U.S... by belltaco on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:32PM (#27952194)
The backbone virus cannot replicate the new spike attached, so there should be no danger from that experiment. If it infects human cells it will replicate the backbone's spike, not the spliced spike, which does not infect human cells.

It's like your arms are replaced with a chimpanzee's arms. When you have a baby, that baby will have human arms, not chimpanzee's arms.

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Re:Fauci: 'There's no way' the coronavirus was made with U.S... by greenbamboo on Sunday July 25, 2021 @07:44PM (#27954000)
So it’s only gof if it results in a viable virus? That makes sense. I guess there’s no real danger of a lab escape as long as it’s not a viable virus, but then I do wonder why the backtracking on the lab escape investigation? Was WIC maybe doing gof research and not telling people?
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