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womanofthehills

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9. Doubt if it was Russia

Reply to 58Sunliner (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 18, 2025, 04:25 PM

Apr 2025

Wuhan scientists were always getting samples from their bat caves and our own Ralph Baric of UNC also had huge numbers bat strains.

The scientific papers on SARS 2 were written by the two of them with about 10 others.

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Well the rna shared between the two SARS is actually somewhat low for a mutagenic virus. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #4

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I looked at the genealogy, % of shared rna between the two SARS, how they spread, symptoms, etc... 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #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 Apr 2025 #17

I acknowledged that Covid does not have dna. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #21

Yes, that alteration in your post from DNA to RNA is now acknowledged. Other questions that need to be addressed... xocetaceans Apr 2025 #23

And so? Yes, they are related. That isn't the question or the debate. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #27

Yes, have a nice day indeed. How you can understand articles like the ones to which you've linked and still have... xocetaceans Apr 2025 #28

Is the horse dead yet, lol. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #32

It wasn't the first time a SARS virus got lab people sick womanofthehills Apr 2025 #30

Scary stuff. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #33

Doubt if it was Russia womanofthehills Apr 2025 #9

Did they find the source? No. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #11

Wow! From Nov 2015 Nature.com med journal womanofthehills Apr 2025 #12

That is interesting-I posted this below, which is also interesting. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #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 Apr 2025 #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 Apr 2025 #19

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