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?
# 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?