More evidence for the lab leak theory
Not that you needed any
Eugyppius - who is great on Covid (if not Ukraine, though I know a lot of you are closer to his politics than mine on that issue) - has a great writeup on a new paper strongly supporting the theory Sars-Cov-2 was genetically modified in a lab.
In brief, Sars-Cov-2 contains several similarly sized genetic fragments glued together at regular intervals by what are known as restriction sites. This pattern is typical of lab-modified coronaviruses, NOT naturally occurring ones.
I was going to write my own long summary of the paper, which appeared last week, but Eugyppius does a bang-up job. Read his if you want more.
By the way: need more proof that this paper is correct? Kristian Andersen had a Twitter tantrum about it last week, saying it “wouldn’t pass kindergarten molecular biology.”
Remember Andersen? He’s the San Diego researcher who told Tony Fauci in January 2020 the virus was probably lab-created and then thought better of saying so after a mysterious conference call with Tony a couple of days later.
Here’s all you need to know: the paper Andersen hates, despite its esoteric title, is extremely well-written and intentionally accessible to the lay reader:
Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2
Andersen’s Twitter critique is not. It is an indirect attack on the paper that is essentially impossible for a non-virologist to understand. Which is probably a feature, not a bug. If he had a case that made sense to a lay reader, he’d make it.
Hey Kristian? I have one question for you, one very simple question.
Sars-Cov-2 made its appearance almost three years ago now. Where’s its animal host?
I hear Tony Fauci and Friends have asked OJ Simpson to help find the animal host...
I'm way past the lab leak theory which has been documented for a long time and is SO OBVIOUS in the first place. Need to veer off course to describe an actual conversation with just the sort of person who will NOT believe the lab leak theory or anything else that makes sense even when presented with OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE.
I'm stuck on dealing with daily insanity coming from people who are well educated. Anyone else sick of people with doctorates in toxicology saying dumb stuff of the non sequitor variety at cocktail parties?
Example:
Yeah I got my 4th shot then got covid but wasn't too sick thanks to taking 4 shots or it could have been so much worse and can't wait to take the new Omicron booster when it comes out even tho I just had Omicron which was kind of like a cold (me interjecting but by the time you get the Omicron shot Omicron will be long gone) followed by: thank God for Pfizer they are so wonderful (after I expressed concern about everything now being 'brought to you by Pfizer' which could possibly have caused regulatory capture...) with all this followed by a great big eye roll - after saying all this illogical and idiotic unscientific stuff with a straight face
Try to appreciate my 'vomiting on the page' writing style - it is intended to express the level of incredulousness behind describing the experience I had with an actual toxicologist at an actual cocktail party