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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by ishche on Thursday October 20, 2022 @04:24PM (#33280185)
Isn't it enough infections already to sell tons of drugs, why to design the new for this case?
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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by Ancapistani on Thursday October 20, 2022 @04:54PM (#33280552)
Well, if you own the patent on the only approved drug for the condition, it would make financial sense.

NOTE: I am emphatically not asserting that this is the case with SARS-CoV-2. I am only responding to the parent comment's criticism of a possible financial motive for hypothetical biotech companies to purposefully engineer pathogens for profit.

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