New Paper contributed by several DRASTIC members. “Should we discount the laboratory origin of COVID-19?” No, definitely we should not.
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Lab-Made? SARS-CoV-2 Genealogy Through the Lens of Gain-of-Function Research
If you hear anyone claim “we know the virus didn’t come from a lab”, don’t buy it — it may well have. Labs around the globe have been creating synthetic viruses like CoV2 for years. And no, its genome would not necessarily contain hallmarks of human manipulation: modern genetic engineering tools permit cutting and pastingContinue reading “Lab-Made? SARS-CoV-2 Genealogy Through the Lens of Gain-of-Function Research”
If you hear anyone claim “we know the virus didn’t come from a lab”, don’t buy it
If you hear anyone claim “we know the virus didn’t come from a lab”, don’t buy it — it may well have. Labs around the globe have been creating synthetic viruses for years: https://medium.com/@yurideigin/lab-made-cov2-genealogy-through-the-lens-of-gain-of-function-research-f96dd7413748…
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
An open debate on SARS-CoV-2’s proximal origin is long overdue
Why China and the WHO Will Never Find a Zoonotic Origin For the COVID-19 Pandemic Virus
Anthropogenic origin of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
The origin of SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage site remains a mystery
Strategy of inserting a Furin Cleavage Site
Ok, here goes nothing. Remember this little thing called a furin cleavage site? You know, the one that made SARS2 into a real promiscuous little virus? Well, as some have pointed out before, the strategy of inserting a furin cleavage site was not only
D.R.A.S.T.I.C. Research 