Actually, I’m tending to think the thing *did* escape a lab - I’m pointing out that “OMG AIDS VIRUS PARTS” is not actually proof that it was engineered. Other viruses do still have the four novel indicators:
https://massivesci.com/notes/wuhan-coronavirus-ncov-sars-mers-hiv-human-immunodeficiency-virus/
Nothing has all 4 pieces.
Much less all 4 pieces in the coronavirus variant being from the same genome (HIV).
Much less 3 insertions being spatially adjacent, in the binding region.
The symptoms are also disturbing. Imagine having a cold with no symptoms. OTC pharma would go broke. Nobody would need any of those elixirs of ‘easy rest’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqb-vngPLE