Re:Lab-Made Coronavirus Triggers Debate (2015)
by jiocrag on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @10:10PM
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Exactly. Parent poster is spewing a line without evidence. Please cite discoveries of respiratory viruses with “weird features” on par with SARS-cov2.
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Re:Lab-Made Coronavirus Triggers Debate (2015)
by johncena33 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @10:32PM
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I think the parent poster was talikng about BANAL virus discovered in Laos, which apparently is closest to SARS-CoV2, but it doesn't have Furin Cleavage Site.
> The Laos study offers insight into the origins of the pandemic, but there are still missing links, say researchers. For example, the Laos viruses don’t contain the so-called furin cleavage site on the spike protein that further aids the entry of SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses into human cells.
From [1]. So yes, the claim made by the parent poster is patently false.