This blogger says certain scientists with a conflict of interest kept the lab theory from being taken seriously. https://unherd.com/2021/05/how-scientists-sacrificed-scepticism/
My observation: Apparently it is ok for the US to fund some of the research in Wuhan, but NASA is not allowed to collaborate with China on a space mission Harry. On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 11:09 AM Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9629563/Chinese-scientists-created-COVID-19-lab-tried-cover-tracks-new-study-claims.html > > Now, Dalgleish and Sørensen have authored a new study, which concludes that > 'SARS-Coronavirus-2 has no credible natural ancestor' and that it is 'beyond > reasonable doubt' that the virus was created through 'laboratory > manipulation'. > > ... > > Dalgleish told DailyMail.com that he believed resistance to the theory that > COVID-19 is a man-made, escaped virus comes from scientists fearful that th]e > revelation would shut down their field. > > 'This looks like a weak defense to protect the discipline so that this type > of genetic engineering will not be interfered with,' he said. 'I make no > bones about it. The Gain of Function engineering should have been banned ages > ago.' > > On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 11:09 AM Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Another, today: >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 4:56 PM Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> An article from the Bulletin of American Scientists >>> >>> https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-people-or-nature-open-pandoras-box-at-wuhan/ >>> >>> With an interesting quote: >>> >>> “When I first saw the furin cleavage site in the viral sequence, with its >>> arginine codons, I said to my wife it was the smoking gun for the origin of >>> the virus,” said David Baltimore, an eminent virologist and former >>> president of CalTech. “These features make a powerful challenge to the idea >>> of a natural origin for SARS2,” he said. >>> >>>
