[fluorescence]

If the sequence was published in a patent then anyone doing clandestine gain of function research in a bioweapons lab could have used it.

Or are we thinking that Chinese bioweapons researchers scrupulously licensed their genetic sequences to make sure Moderna got the royalties?

[zeugma]

# If the sequence was published in a patent then anyone doing clandestine gain of function research in a bioweapons lab could have used it.

Is that the official party line?