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https://t.co/OQdwVvs2C8 pic.twitter.com/tkeuiHjs3o
— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) July 8, 2021
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This review weighs the existing scientific evidence for zoonosis vs what would be needed for a lab leak hypothesis to be true, and while acknowledging it isn’t falsifiable at present, concludes that zoonosis the most likely explanation of known facts. https://t.co/VOg8Q6QTZd
— Stuart Neil (@stuartjdneil) July 7, 2021
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*New* paper by virologists dissects claims & evidence on Covid's natural origins or a lab leak.
— Amy Maxmen, PhD (@amymaxmen) July 7, 2021
By @arambaut @edwardcholmes @stgoldst @angie_rasmussen et al
Some highlights 🧵 ⬇️ https://t.co/TdDrukv59B
Genetic differences between the coronavirus from horseshoe bats (RaTG13) and SARS2 equates to decades of divergence. That means RaTG13 isn't the closest relative of SARS2 naturally or unnaturally. pic.twitter.com/J8xv6AdmOK
— Amy Maxmen, PhD (@amymaxmen) July 7, 2021
These researchers *have* considered whether SARS-CoV-2 was engineered, and here's why they've found that this is highly unlikely. (No, it's not because they're liberals or blinding defending science.) pic.twitter.com/hFck67v86T
— Amy Maxmen, PhD (@amymaxmen) July 7, 2021
There's a lot more in this paper that spells out why virologists tend to feel that a zoonotic origin of COVID is still the more likely story.
— Amy Maxmen, PhD (@amymaxmen) July 7, 2021
These explanations back up (and go further than) my explainer a few weeks ago w/ @SmritiMallapaty https://t.co/SIEqQhbYXo
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