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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by someuser54541 on Thursday October 20, 2022 @05:51PM (#33281301)
> My Occam's razor says that every other virus has a natural origin, why wouldnt this one too?

That's simply not true. There's an entire branch of virology dedicated to synthetic viruses; the first was made over 20 years ago.

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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by kelseyfrog on Thursday October 20, 2022 @06:17PM (#33281533)
Thanks for the info. I'm updating my Occam's razor so that all new viruses are of synthetic origin.
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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by alchemist1e9 on Thursday October 20, 2022 @08:35PM (#33282727)
Does your razor include a previous pandemic originating from a Soviet lab leak?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Russian_flu

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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by byteduck on Thursday October 20, 2022 @08:52PM (#33282824)
Virus that escaped from a lab != intentionally engineered synthetic virus.
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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by alchemist1e9 on Thursday October 20, 2022 @09:46PM (#33283319)
Obviously. I’m just pointing out his razor isn’t well informed.
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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by kelseyfrog on Thursday October 20, 2022 @09:09PM (#33282959)
Updated so that now all viruses both past and present are of synthetic origin. Thanks!
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