Not everyone is as obsessive as you, princess.Quote:
Originally Posted by dbroncsinmo
Not everyone is as obsessive as you, princess.Quote:
Originally Posted by dbroncsinmo
I'm telling you: get his address, bust out the boombox, and plead for his forgiveness from outside of his bedroom window.Quote:
Originally Posted by dbroncsinmo
I would rather a politician that is allowed in the building. Perhaps I'm unique.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewersfan255
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Originally Posted by valade16
What would a Harvard educated doctor know on the subject though?
Seeing on Twitter in the last hour that Dr.Fauci lied to Congress. We funded the Gain of Function research in Wuhan.
You talking about this?Quote:
Originally Posted by brett05
https://nypost.com/2021/10/21/nih-ad...eated-denials/
That looks to be the one. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by valade16
There's also this.Quote:
Originally Posted by valade16
https://healthfeedback.org/could-sci...d-19-in-a-lab/
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This hypothesis was discussed again by Fox News in a segment aired on 28 February 2021. Steve Hilton noted that a bat coronavirus, RaTG13, is currently the closest known virus to SARS-CoV-2 and shares 96.2% genetic identity with SARS-CoV-2[4]. Fox News claimed that the 4% of genetic difference “is in the exact places where gain-of-function techniques would be used to make the virus more contagious. In technical language: the Spike receptor binding domain and furin cleavage site”.The furin cleavage site is a specific molecular structure within the RBD that improves the virus’ ability to penetrate the target cells, making it more infectious[7].
The so-called gain-of-function experiments that Fox News referred to are genetic techniques used in microbiology to alter specific functions in viral or bacterial strains that were not present in the original strain, such as increasing yields or reducing replication abilities. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a gain-of-function study “improves the ability of a pathogen to cause disease”.
In essence, Fox News suggested that researchers replaced the original Spike RBD from RaTG13 with a new, man-made RBD equipped with a furin cleavage site, resulting in that 4% genetic difference and giving birth to the highly-infectious SARS-CoV-2.
However, this hypothesis is scientifically unsound for several reasons that we address in this article. Specifically, we explain why the hypothesis that other coronaviruses served as a template for engineering a new virus is unlikely and how it conflicts with what we know about these viruses and the current state of genetic engineering technology.
From reading that, it sounds like the US did not know EcoHealth performed gain of function research and that the gain of function research they did perform was an accidental result of one of their experiments that was not gain of function research.Quote:
Originally Posted by brett05
I still think it's beyond coincidental that a virus of this nature breaks out at the exact location in which there is a lab studying this type of virus, and it's certainly likely that it came from the lab (though due to China's lack of transparency, we'll never know for sure) (though one could argue their lack of transparency in this matter is further proof they are trying to cover up the leak).
I will say this, it's here now. Worry about the rest as needed/at a later date.Quote:
Originally Posted by valade16
I don't really think it's beyond coincidental. Wuhan is a massive city with people living close together that also has wet markets, which is a pretty much the exact conditions you'd want if you were a virus looking to spread.Quote:
Originally Posted by valade16
But it's also, again, a massive city with an educated population, and so it's not surprising that they'd have the Institute of Virology there, as well as other scientific institutions.
"Candice Owens said thing that gets her attention."
It's an evergreen headline.
It's just an opportunity for right wing pundits to say "Look, Fauci lied and the virus definitely started in a lab funded by the NIH" when there is documentation that strains of bat coronavirus they were studying (BANAL-52 and RaTG-13) are too divergent to the human form to be the progenitor in the SARs-COV-2 virus. Now, certainly Fauci has some explaining to do in regards to EcoHealth and the GOF funding but as I told Ciaban in the past, trying to find the origins of this virus is like trying to find a needle in a haystack the size of Earth. Its further obstructed by a government that has no plans on divulging any important information on the virus. I think its far more likely it was a natural process as well given we already seen this happen with China and SARS just a few years ago but I won't dismiss the possibility that it was potentially created in a lab.Quote:
Originally Posted by natepro
People don't realize how close we are to pandemics basically all the time given the conditions we passively accept or are forced to live in so many cities. The conditions depending on where you are can be breeding grounds for disease.