Questions/hypotheses about SARS-CoV-2 origin mustn’t distract us from established facts

Questions/hypotheses about SARS-CoV-2 origin mustn’t distract us from established facts. Sequential recap: 1/ A bat-derived coronavirus (CoV) starts an outbreak near a bat CoV research center, the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). 2/ WIV’s virus database is noticed to be offline

Shi Zhengli’s 2013 discovery of SARS-2’s nearest relative

1/ I’ll try… A week ago I pointed out Shi Zhengli’s 2013 discovery of SARS-2’s nearest relative appeared to be linked to a cluster of mystery deaths from SARS-like disease, and that Shi has been coy about her role in that find & the link to those deaths.

Today I got conclusive proof that Eddie Holmes sucks at aligning genomes

1/6 All right, today I got conclusive proof that Eddie Holmes sucks at aligning genomes. And if that’s not enough, I found the last nail in his “PAA insertion” coffin. But first things first: he is a coauthor of a recent preprint with the following gem of an alignment (yellow): https://t.co/2ZjizWkAqF