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willupowers

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    Comment #28651430

    That and a coupe authors already arrived at contrary conclusions before this nature piece was even released. It fails to even acknowledge their work, compare, or comment why there …

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    Comment #28650388

    Right now it looks like the U.S. might have been working with Wuhan on a vaccine. And Wuhan had an oopsies. We just have a confirmation statement from DARPA that they weren't worki…

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    Comment #28650358

    It's no longer an extraordinary circumstantial claim. It might never have been because this kind of research that very well could cause a COVID pandemic was being concealed by the …

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    Comment #28650263

    The USA might need to come out and say "we were working on a vaccine with Wuhan." EHA and WIV might need to say "we had an oopsies." I doubt China will admit anything though. So th…

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    Comment #28650104

    I don't endorse this guy since he's a little too political for my taste but it's the best ELI5 of the situation I can find for everyone. https://youtu.be/JfoZHX-BJzQ https://youtu.…

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    Comment #28649264

    Not really speculation any longer. Daszak made a bunch of statements that poured water on this potential concern, and so many other contradictor statements to this evidence. When t…

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    Comment #28649244

    I believe the uniqueness has been established by the issue that the specifics of the 12-nt insertion is never found anywhere in a natural setting. Many papers have gone back and fo…

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    Comment #28649229

    30-40 years difference from SARS-CoV. However, the proposal actually says it would use other unpublished sequences for development. These unpublished sequences may have been much c…

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    Comment #28649202

    Calm down dude. Clearly you have some attachment to one theory over another, which is poor science. The investigation will continue and those missing items you mention just might t…

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    Comment #28649128

    Looks like a pretty probable lead to me to continue investigating, especially since this leak evidence directly conflicts with many previous statements from Daszak and associates.

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    Comment #28649122

    We already know the NIH partially funded field survey work that appears to be very similar to this. It's pretty obvious to see that they continued applying elsewhere and may have b…

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    Comment #28647454

    The two main points of interest with this leak right now: Peter Daszak, Peter Daszak's associates and funding partners, EcoHealth Alliance (EHA), and the Wuhan Institute of Virolog…

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    Comment #28647113

    The leaks reveal the confidence of a proposal and path to accomplish the genetic manipulation that Daszak and his associates have been aggressively refuting. This information contr…

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    Comment #28647106

    The leaks reveal the confidence of a proposal and path to accomplish the genetic manipulation that Daszak and his associates have been aggressively refuting. This information contr…

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    Comment #28647089

    The leaks reveal the confidence of a proposal and path to accomplish the genetic manipulation that Daszak and his associates have been aggressively refuting. This information contr…

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    Comment #28646953

    The leaks reveal the confidence of a proposal and path to accomplish the genetic manipulation that Daszak and his associates have been aggressively refuting. This information contr…

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    Comment #27667414

    The way the article is written leaves a lot to be desired and it’s apparent that the preferred narrative Anderson puts forward is already fairly contorted, not making for a neutral…

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    Comment #27658450

    The way it’s written leaves a lot to be desired and it’s apparent that the preferred narrative she puts forward is very contorted and not a very neutral source. Her bias is obvious…