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To: Sicon
You seriously need to stop. You are spreading disinformation and panic with baseless statements like this.

One of the researchers at the BL-4 Lab in Wuhan was publishing genetic modification of bat coronaviruses for "addition of function" in peer-review journals 5 years ago.

And the active site for binding to human cells in this virus (a cleavage site in the spike) is not found in the most closely related bat viruses, but IS found in Ebola and AIDS.

And the Wuhan lab was advertising for postdocs in November, to research how coronaviruses could hide from the immune system.

Sod off, Panda-breath.

59 posted on 03/17/2020 8:32:46 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers
Don’t think the insult was necessary, but hey, you Chicken Little types aren’t known for your maturity.

According to the CDC, as of now:

Total cases: 3,487
Total deaths: 68

Of those 68, how many were 70+, and/or had an underlying, exacerbating condition (like the 21-year old soccer coach who “died of the coronavirus”... And oh yeah, by the way, he’d been battling leukemia (an immune system compromising cancer) for some time before getting infected with coronavirus).

It’s ok though. You go stock up on toilet paper, hide under your bed, and enjoy binge-watching “Sex and the City” or “Golden Girls” or whatever your terrified little mind can wrap itself around.

72 posted on 03/17/2020 9:11:50 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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