Early ‘lab-grown’ Covid virus found in sample lends weight to Wuhan theory
An early version of Covid-19 that appears to have been grown in a laboratory has been discovered in samples from a Chinese biotechnology firm.
The finding lends weight to claims that the virus may have started life as a lab experiment that accidentally leaked out.
Bioinformatics experts from the University of Veterinary Medicine and Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary, made the discovery by accident while examining genetic data from soil samples collected from Antarctica in late 2018 and early 2019.
The samples were sent to Sangon Biotech in Shanghai for sequencing in Dec 2019, where they became contaminated with a previously unknown variant of Covid-19.
The variant has mutations that bridge the gap between bat coronavirus and the earliest Wuhan strain, so it may be an ancestral version of the virus.
The samples also contain DNA from hamsters and monkeys, suggesting that the early virus may have been grown in animal cell lines.
Sangon Biotech is frequently used by Chinese scientists for sequencing, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which some experts think is the most likely location for a leak.
The exact date at which the DNA extraction took place is uncertain. However, researchers say that if it took place in December 2019, the virus could be the ancestor of the original human Wuhan strain.
If it was sequenced in early 2020, it may have been contaminated from experiments carried out by researchers trying to learn more about the emerging virus.
Dr Jesse Bloom, a virologist from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle, re-ran the data and confirmed that the Antarctic samples did contain Covid-19 which had three key mutations which brought bat coronaviruses closer to the first human Wuhan strain, Wuhan-Hu-1.
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February 13th, 2022 12:47 PM #36041
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February 13th, 2022 12:57 PM #36042^^^
leave the lab leak theory to the experts daw
basta hindi pa confirmed by mainstream media, conspiracy theory lang yan
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February 13th, 2022 01:03 PM #36043at about the start of covid season,
i already read that some labs in wuhan were working on legitimate coronavirus research, as a tool for manufacturing vaccines more effectively.
somewhere along the line, the virus escaped.
the best medium to grow conspiracy theory in,
is the medium of hindered information.
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February 13th, 2022 01:31 PM #36044yes it's legit research -- the goal was to prevent the next SARS-1
Originally Posted by dr. d
(i didn't say it was for bioweapons or other purpose)
chinese scientists were collecting samples from bat caves all over china (and perhaps other asian countries) and bringing the samples to labs in wuhan
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since scientists cannot wait for viruses to evolve to infect humans they needed to accelerate evolution by introducing genes that'll make viruses capable of infecting humans (recombination takes place in nature but takes time so you speed it up in the lab) --> gain of function
one of those lab created viruses may have escaped -- a staff could have been infected and went home and spread it in the communityLast edited by uls; February 13th, 2022 at 01:38 PM.
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February 13th, 2022 04:23 PM #36045airborne immune-system-destroying-virus Originally Posted by uls
buy hey i'm no expert
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February 13th, 2022 04:47 PM #36046Kahit pa sa delta or earlier na surge… walang pilitan… Originally Posted by shadow
No to descrimination ako sa non vax… yung idescrimate yung hindi nga fofollow ng minimum safety protocol… Originally Posted by Yatta
Agree ako na walang pilitan kung ayaw. Pero huwag din sila mag-reklamo if they cannot enjoy the priviledges those vaxxed enjoy.
Naawa ako sa mga hindi vaccinated pero hindi tinatanggap for hospitalization… covid19 positive with vaxxed or not vax na need ng hospitalization dapat sila ihospital… for what purpose hindi sila ihospital…
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February 13th, 2022 05:05 PM #36047Doubt na din ako sino sa mga experts na nagsasabi ng katotohanan ngayon… Originally Posted by uls
Expert na taga wuhan mismo or yung expert na wala sa wuhan…
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February 13th, 2022 05:06 PM #36048i do not believe the hospital won't admit non-vaxxeds that are infected with covid, if there is need for hospitalization naman... Originally Posted by ray_noel
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February 13th, 2022 05:16 PM #36049it's more like sino mga expert na nasa payroll ng Establishment Originally Posted by ray_noel
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may mga expert takot maglabas ng opinion kontra sa official narrative
coz they're afraid masira career nila
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sa panahon na ito even science is politicized
di mapagkatiwalaan mga expertoLast edited by uls; February 13th, 2022 at 05:21 PM.
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February 13th, 2022 05:40 PM #36050to punish them for not subscribing the official line of thinking Originally Posted by ray_noel
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February 13th, 2022 05:49 PM #36051Yup,Lahat na yata politicized sa panahon na ito… Originally Posted by uls
Sana huwag lang bahala si batman… someone should stood and be punished sa nangyaring pandemic na ito…
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February 13th, 2022 05:54 PM #36052but we should punish the really guilty, and not the convenient scapegoat. Originally Posted by ray_noel
heh heh.
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February 13th, 2022 05:57 PM #36053 Originally Posted by dr. d
Kahit hindi positive, basta hindi vaccinated di sila pwede mag undergo ng major operations (saw some news)…. Originally Posted by uls
Also, if vaxxed ka what makes you superior sa mga hindi vax… why impose discrimination to our fellow humans…
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February 13th, 2022 05:58 PM #36054 Originally Posted by ray_noel
who should be punished? china?
who outsourced coronavirus research to china?
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February 13th, 2022 06:03 PM #36055Saan mo nakita ito? My father just underwent a thyroidectomy at PGH. While they know he was vaxxed and boostered they do not have such a policy na "no vax, no admittance". All they asked was a negative Covid test result for at least 48hrs before admittance. I think what you mean is during the surges when all hospitals were becoming overwhelmed when they only admitted the worst/emergency cases. Originally Posted by ray_noel
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February 13th, 2022 06:11 PM #36056 Originally Posted by dr. d
Maglagay ng malaking bounty… world most wanted ang tao na yan…. Hirap hulihin nyan… ang mangyayari nito is magiging part ng history lang ito… Originally Posted by uls
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February 13th, 2022 06:16 PM #36057Not in PH though…. Originally Posted by Yatta
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February 13th, 2022 06:23 PM #36059governments are doing that intentionally to make life difficult for the unvaxxed Originally Posted by ray_noel
to force the unvaxxed to obey the official line of thinking -- get vaxxed so you don't infect others
even if current vaccines don't prevent infection and transmission
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February 13th, 2022 06:42 PM #36060most of those monoclonal antibodies no longer work Originally Posted by Monseratto
they can't bind to omicron's spikeLast edited by uls; February 13th, 2022 at 06:49 PM.
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