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Not what it says. Immunocompromised people, in order for their "omicron" to develop resistance to the various treatments available (the monoclonal antibodies) must have been expose…

Neither one of those hypotheses accounts for the four weirdnesses described in the article. So they don't seem like very good hypotheses. Similarly "it came from an animal" that we…

So, you take on faith that the s/ns ratio as described by "Eigenrobot" who is quoting "Brett" (who are they?) is correct, and the s/ns ratio described by many microbiologists and g…

The ratio is one of four "weirdnesses" laid out by the author, which a lab leak might parsimoniously explain, and which, so far, other hypotheses do not neatly or parsimoniously ex…

Yes, s/he clarified it. "[Edited, 5 Jan 2021, to add: Many people have been confused about the statement about delta, so I must have worded it poorly. I’m not saying delta originat…

S/he clarified the delta thing: "[Edited, 5 Jan 2021, to add: Many people have been confused about the statement about delta, so I must have worded it poorly. I’m not saying delta …

S/he clarified it now. "[Edited, 5 Jan 2021, to add: Many people have been confused about the statement about delta, so I must have worded it poorly. I’m not saying delta originate…

"poorly monitored infections of the immunocompromised can easily explain this. It hardly seems necessary to posit nefarious secret labs when COVID is constantly spreading among bil…

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, yes. But take another look at the phylogenetic tree. Those are huge gaps. See also this article describing how good South Africa is …

The Nature article you mention says, "These data reveal strong selection on SARS-CoV-2 during convalescent plasma therapy, which is associated with the emergence of viral variants …