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I spent 5 years doing QA on synthetic oligos/genes used by just about everyone in synthetic biology. In my experience, edits are easy to detect if you know where to look--methylation patterns, unusually large numbers of start codons, and relatively few areas of high GC content.

But I'm also a Chinese agent, so take that with a grain of salt.

To what extent will lies, half-truths, spin, and disinformation increase preventable fatalities? What can be done within existing legal frameworks to stop this disinformation?

What does successful containment look like 3 months, 6 months, and a year from now?

What should governments be doing for maximum practical containment?

SARS-CoV2 shows no signs of genetic manipulation. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9

The absence of a confirmed source does not put disproven conspiracy theories about its origin on the same footing as actual science.

https://www.rt.com is one source to monitor. Not 100% propaganda, but also not 0%.