Re:Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research
by Gibbon1 on Saturday September 25, 2021 @02:16AM
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> How quickly, versus natural evolution, can serial passage evolve a virus?
Look how many infections were needed to go from Covid Classic to the Delta Variant. What's that a billion?
Comment I read from someone that aught to know what they are talking about pointed out that gain function in a lab produces viruses that are good at infecting cells in petri dishes. Not ones that are good at infecting vertebrates with full fledged immune systems trying to kill it.
Look how many infections were needed to go from Covid Classic to the Delta Variant. What's that a billion?
Comment I read from someone that aught to know what they are talking about pointed out that gain function in a lab produces viruses that are good at infecting cells in petri dishes. Not ones that are good at infecting vertebrates with full fledged immune systems trying to kill it.