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Re:Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research by ImaCake on Saturday September 25, 2021 @04:21AM (#28651465)
>The viral phylogeny and history of it's evolution

... point to it being a natural zoonotic spillover event. Wuhan had a virus institute because it is a place where novel viruses are found, not the other way around.

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Re:Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research by wk_end on Saturday September 25, 2021 @07:12AM (#28652163)
This is not true as far as I’m aware. Novel bat coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2 are usually found deep in bat caves in the south of China, ~2000km away from Wuhan. The WIV was established in the 50s, long before serious coronavirus research was a thing.
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Re:Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research by ImaCake on Saturday September 25, 2021 @08:46AM (#28652726)
Heh good point. Maybe its proximity has helped it become important, or it could be an accident of geography.
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