Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Agency Now Says

Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by ttul on Sunday February 26, 2023 @10:50AM (#34946417)

Gain-of-function research serves a legitimate purpose, but if this lean stemmed from GoF work, that is not apparent from the SARA CoV-2 genome. See my link elsewhere in the comments to a TWiV podcast episode that discusses the lab leak hypothesis, and the analysis of the genome sequence suggesting it is not the result of human engineering work.

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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by xiphias2 on Sunday February 26, 2023 @12:03PM (#34947090)

,, Gain-of-function research serves a legitimate purpose''

While this is true, at this point we have evidence that even the highest level security lab can have lab leak with devastating results.

The main problem is not that, but that people can't really talk about it publicly, as the rules should be stricter (for example an international body should be checking the procedures of other countries...the problem is not with the rules, but not enough verification of keeping the rules).

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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by fidgewidge on Sunday February 26, 2023 @03:19PM (#34948951)

Lots of very well informed people disagree with you; you'd also have to consider all the other evidence beyond the genome.

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