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8. Continuing: “Our study rejects the hypothesis of emergence as a result of a recent recombination event.”—> I.e. the authors also conclude that the new #coronavirus did not originate from random recent admixture between different coronaviruses. Other possibilities of course.
9. BOTTOMLINE: 1) Seafood market not the source. 2) This RNA #coronavirus mutates really fast. 3) 
has unusual middle segment never seen before in any coronavirus. 4) Not from recent mixing. 5) That mystery middle segment encodes protein responsible for entry into host cells.
10. TO BE CLEAR: I am absolutely not saying it’s bioengineering, nor am I supporting any conspiracy theories with no evidence. I’m simply saying scientists need to do more research + get more data. And finding the origin of the virus is an important research priority. Goodnight
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11. Dubbing this the [GENETIC THREAD] thread, let’s delve back into the genetic similarities of the new 
with SARS and bat #coronaviruses. Study in Lancet says ~88% related to closest bat coronavirus, 79% to SARS (which is more than humans-elephants) https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/pb-assets/Lancet/pdfs/S0140673620302518.pdf …pic.twitter.com/2568DtbsoJ
12. ...As you can see, the new nCOV is a branch off the bat coronavirus subgenus. It is too distant from SARS (79%) or MERS (only 50% related)pic.twitter.com/A3nxtwt7Jh
13. For the most part, the new #coronavirus shares 87-88% overlap with bat coronavirus. But there are parts of it like the “S” gene region where I drops to ~70%, and even 68% in lowest point. But other gene regions share consensus as high as 95%.pic.twitter.com/XrIQOfgSOQ
14. What is in the “S” region of the #coronavirus? According to the Lancet piece (link 
above), it encodes the virus envelop spike protein of the for binding receptors of host cells - “crucial for host tropism” — which basically identifies how to target 
host tissue.pic.twitter.com/rtqjDrtRgw
15. One source or many sources? The mutation rate suggests the 2019-nCoV came from just one recent source in single jump (as opposed to several mutation sources). This doesn’t mean much other than it wasn’t several strains that started outbreak. Don’t over-interpret. Just FYI.pic.twitter.com/utEN7O4krg
Conclusión?
So you think they made the virus , if so for what purpose
@DrEricDing can we expect it will take longer for antidote/vaccine as a result of mystery middle segment? Or simply that will spread fast due to encoded protein responsible for entry into host cells?
Also thank you for your educated opinion/info and transparency.
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