And to be clear — there’s something wrong with the Moderna timeline.
China published the sequence on January 9, Moderna (which as of then had had no products) has a Phase I trial candidate February 5?
They took 70 days to produce an Omicron variant mRNA trial vaccine candidate using a by now large installed research and manufacturing base with literally billions in revenue to support the work.
27 days out of the gate in February 2020 with a completely novel mechanism, no revenue, and five guys in lab coats trying to make a living?
I don’t think so.
But my comment stands. Using DNA examples and DNA terms to talk about SARS CoV 2 just means you don’t know what you are talking about.
Totally agree. I did some research and found that Ralph Baric here at UNC, was
1. doing gain of function research with viruses,
2. worked with the bat lady at Wuhan
And
3. Per a UNC press release for an award he recently received, Baric was involved in MODERNA vaccine research, development, testing trials, and approval process.
https://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/dr-ralph-baric-receives-o-max-gardner-award-for-coronavirus-research/