“Who f*cking cares? Montagnier is still a Nobel winner talking about his own specialty.”
Everyone investigating the virus cares. In the world of medical research your claims have to be reproducible by others. No one gives a rat’s ass if you have a Nobel if your new “research” can’t be validated.
And right now no one but Luc Montagnier is saying that SARS-CoV-2 has HIV and/or Ebola inserted in it.
Researchers back in 2003 noted similarities between SARS and HIV-1. That isn’t new and it’s not a sign that the virus is manmade.
The other thing is, the key amino acids in the ACE2 receptor, which are all non-consecutive, all changed from known bat coronaviruses to this one, to the "right" amino acid to enhance binding to the human ACE2, all at the same time.
Those *do* coincide with pangolin, IIRC. But when species exchange genetic material, don't they usually exchange continguous patches all at once, rather than enough for spot-mutations of amino acids which enhance infectivity? And the other thing is, I read this week that this virus binds to two other receptors -- one is (IIRC) CD147 and I don't remember the other. I don't remember any papers having examined which AA residues are responsible for that, nor comparing the genetic sequence for that to known bat coronaviruses or pangolins. I think it was the earlier Indian paper, or one shortly after it, that mentioned the filovirus (Ebola) insertions. But that got pulled immediately after intense political pressure -- for *obvious* reasons Panda-trying-to-get-away-with-bioweapon everyone-else-tiptoeing-away-from-nuclear-war. Nice try, troll-boi vermin.