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womanofthehills

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30. It wasn't the first time a SARS virus got lab people sick

Reply to PSPS (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 19, 2025, 07:05 PM

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laboratory_biosecurity_incidents

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White House touts Covid-19 'lab leak' theory on new website [View all] xocetaceans Friday OP

Even if true WSHazel Friday #1

Obama stopped gain-of-function in US in 2014 womanofthehills Friday #8

Under President Obama, there was a pause on GOF research. That was lifted after NIH had completed its study of how to... xocetaceans Friday #14

Wiki - List of laboratory biosecurity incidents womanofthehills Saturday #29

US Right to Know- says work done in bio labs 2 to save money womanofthehills Saturday #31

Conservatives will always invent theories to demonize government. bucolic_frolic Friday #2

Trump is DETERMINED to rewrite history on COVID-19 NCDem47 Friday #3

Well the rna shared between the two SARS is actually somewhat low for a mutagenic virus. 58Sunliner Friday #4

Believe it or not, there is a field of study related to viral genealogy. PSPS Friday #7

I looked at the genealogy, % of shared rna between the two SARS, how they spread, symptoms, etc... 58Sunliner Friday #10

How does one look at any of the viruses in the family of SARS-CoV-2 and come away with the idea that DNA is involved? xocetaceans Friday #17

I acknowledged that Covid does not have dna. 58Sunliner Friday #21

Yes, that alteration in your post from DNA to RNA is now acknowledged. Other questions that need to be addressed... xocetaceans Saturday #23

And so? Yes, they are related. That isn't the question or the debate. 58Sunliner Saturday #27

Yes, have a nice day indeed. How you can understand articles like the ones to which you've linked and still have... xocetaceans Saturday #28

Is the horse dead yet, lol. 58Sunliner Sunday #32

It wasn't the first time a SARS virus got lab people sick womanofthehills Saturday #30

Scary stuff. 58Sunliner Sunday #33

Doubt if it was Russia womanofthehills Friday #9

Did they find the source? No. 58Sunliner Friday #11

Wow! From Nov 2015 Nature.com med journal womanofthehills Friday #12

That is interesting-I posted this below, which is also interesting. 58Sunliner Friday #20

The principal problem with your reply is that SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus. DNA is not even present. I guess you could... xocetaceans Friday #15

Some viruses do have some dna, but not Covid. What they do look for in dna extractions are the markers of the virus- 58Sunliner Friday #19

This propaganda replaced the original covid-19 government site - see the earlier thread below... bsiebs Friday #5

Fuck off, felon. Basso8vb Friday #6

A deflection from his own blame. yellow dahlia Friday #13

Thank you for that reminder. It is an important fact. xocetaceans Friday #16

I think about this almost every day. So many lives have been lost, and forever changed. yellow dahlia Friday #18

I do also think of it often. Trump badly mishandled his role as President during the pandemic. One should recall... xocetaceans Saturday #24

The fact that Dr. Fauci is mentioned on the front page of that monstrosity, area51 Friday #22

fascists are really big on rewriting history Skittles Saturday #25

This is why Malice in Blunderland fails to understand what 19 means. GreenWave Saturday #26