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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbG5bKWgs7E
Liberalism Rule #10 - We support our person speaking regardless of the truth (in contrast to
conservatives who support the truth regardless of the person speaking it).
This is not born of loyalty, but of the need not to be dragged down by him as he sinks.
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from the attached Scientific American article...
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Does the virus have features that suggest it was created in a lab?
Several researchers have looked into whether features of SARS-CoV-2 signal that it was bioengineered. One of the first teams to do so, led by Kristian Andersen, a virologist at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California, determined that this was “improbable” for a few reasons, including a lack of signatures of genetic manipulation. Since then, others have asked whether the virus’s furin cleavage site—a feature that helps it to enter cells—is evidence of engineering, because SARS-CoV-2 has these sites but its closest relatives don’t. The furin cleavage site is important because it's in the virus's spike protein, and cleavage of the protein at that site is necessary for the virus to infect cells.
But many other coronaviruses have furin cleavage sites, such as coronaviruses that cause colds. Because viruses containing the site are scattered across the coronavirus family tree, rather than confined to a group of closely related viruses, Stephen Goldstein, a virologist at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, says the site probably evolved multiple times because it provides an evolutionary advantage. Convergent evolution—the process by which organisms that aren’t closely related independently evolve similar traits as a result of adapting to similar environments—is incredibly common.
Another feature of SARS-CoV-2 that has drawn attention is a combination of nucleotides that underlie a segment of the furin cleavage site: CGG (these encode the amino acid arginine). A Medium article that speculates on a lab origin for SARS-CoV-2 quotes David Baltimore, a Nobel laureate and professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, as saying that viruses don’t usually have that particular code for arginine, but humans often do—a “smoking gun”, hinting that researchers might have tampered with SARS-CoV-2’s genome.
Andersen says that Baltimore was incorrect about that detail, however. In SARS-CoV-2, about 3% of the nucleotides encoding arginine are CGG, he says. And he points out that around 5% of those encoding arginine in the virus that caused the original SARS epidemic are CGG, too. In an e-mail to Nature, BALTIMORE SAYS THAT ANDERSON OOULD BE CORRECT THAT EVOLUTION PRODUCED SARS-COV-2, but adds that “there are other possibilities and they need careful consideration, which is all I meant to be saying”. (emphasis mine)
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Dr. Fauci doesn't lie...but others who don't understand science of Microbiology and Virology do...the best anyone can say for those two chuckle heads, is that they are good at making gullible viewers buy their misinformation.
Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-covid-lab-leak-hypothesis-what-scientists-do-and-do-not-know1/
Fauci commissioned a study to cover up the lab leak theory. Period. This isnt nearly the first piece of evidence that we have that he worked to prevent the theory from gaining traction.
The lab leak theory was labeled misinformation and the ideological leftists shut down the conversation to the extent that they could. Y
You people are so ridiculous...wE'll nEvER kNOw doy doy doy.
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But the virus came from that fucking lab. Anyone with any ability to evaluate Bayesian priors said, “Aha!” as soon as they heard how close the virus’ emergence was to the lab. In three years, not a single animal host has been identified. Face the facts.
Fauci tried to quash this theory because it hit VERY close to home. Sworn Congressional testimony, this very day, is making that clear.
that a zoonotic transfer is plausible...given that Dr. Fauci, Dr. Anderson and numerous other virologists place their bets on this vector, there is every reason to believe their assessment. There have been several studies since that time as well with the same determination...which cannot be confirmed because the Chinese government removed all animals from the market in question...a bummer for all of us.
No one is more committed to finding the true absolute origin of COVID-19 than Dr. Fauci...that kind of critical knowledge is what he's sought throughout his entire Medical and Public Service career...long before the arrival of the one who called COVID a "Hoax" and admitted to taking steps to "Play it Down" in advance of his hoped for reelection.
All this nonsense does is expose the political opportunists and gullible followers among us...sad, bu true.
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to investigate...really wish Trump hadn't severely cut the pandemic preparedness budget and lowered the NIH staff in China that was there to monitor virus research...could have helped...don't you think?
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Actually you don’t know shit. None of us do.
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Of course it didn’t come from that lab, you are a racist for even thinking about it.
Of course we didn’t try to stifle dialogue by calling you racists.
Those emails showing us trying to stifle dialogue were well intentioned. We had to concentrate on curing the disease.
It’s now three years on, we’ll never know the truth!
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The conclusion is obvious.
But the fuckheads that called anyone considering lab leak xenophobic, said the lab leak theory was debunked, they don't get to be part of the conversation.
...as the attached article says...for the umpteenth time, we can't establish the origin w/o China's help...for all I know the "Low Confidence" suppositions by U.S. Intel could be subtle nudges to get the CCP to come clean on what evidence they have...with promises of "No Fault" accusations...at least officially from the world health organizations.
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57268111
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they get things wrong or confused.
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did Fauci do this to hide his direct involvement in the funding of the creation of the virus that devastated the world’s economy, or did he get payment somehow from China?
We were right.
Link: https://nypost.com/2023/03/05/new-emails-show-fauci-commissioned-paper-to-disprove-wuhan-lab-leak-theory/
...and you know his "Magnetic North"...it's the MONEY...not the truth.
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time….and we were dismissed.
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was to stay on top of potential pathogens that could harm people...he had been deeply involved in following all research regarding SARS-CoV...he requested that an active researcher, Dr. Anderson, conduct a focused study on the new disease...based on accumulated knowledge and understanding of virology, he concluded that the likely cause was zoonotic...like so many other similar diseases...no surprise to them...nor to many other researchers...even Dr. Baltimore, who raised the Wuhan Lab concern, agreed that a zoonotic jump was indeed plausible...yet he maintained his speculation on the WIV source.
Nothing new has been revealed...just more bleating by Republicans trying to smear one of America's very best Public Servants...Dr. Fauci.
You heard it here first. Totally politicized garbage science. I canceled my subscription when they tried to argue that males have no advantage against females in swimming competition. Ridiculous on its very face.
Not sure why you have so much invested in Fauci, but it is tiresome.
I'm guessing this is the one you are referring to...there's a segment in there that notes anatomical females also have some XY chromosomes that generate higher levels of testosterone...I couldn't read the whole article (no subscription), but that's the sort of "factual nuance" that blows the minds of anti-LGBTQ folks...makes their binary world very unstable, and the rest of us have to deal with inane beliefs...not unlike yours.
Back to the topic...Dr. Fauci has devoted his entire adult life to researching FACTS that will lead to TRUTHS about diseases and CURES...Donald Trump has devoted his life to nothing but LIES that will feed his unquenchable MALIGNANT NARCISSISM....that is the cause of this 'disease' called "Anti-Fauci-ism"...Tony Fauci wouldn't subvert the public's wellbeing for Trump's off-the-charts ego...it's another example of DJT's vile behavior under such circumstances.
Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hormone-levels-are-being-used-to-discriminate-against-female-athletes/
Totally reasonable point of view on your part.
Phelps vs. Ladecky race...much more subtle than that...which pretty much takes you out of the discussion.
Hahahahahahahahaha!!! Perfect.
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