She has a good argument that may be novel in its specifics but I'm not seeing new evidence.
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So the typical way you do dangerous virus experiments, particularly the gain of function ones, is simpler than going into the "code" with a sequencer and inserting DNA. All you do is give some chickens the flu and put them in a room with ferrets.
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Ferrets have a relevant receptor that is identical to humans. This type of research is done only occasionally and tends to demonstrate that viruses are faater at species hopping than you'd hope. A scientist visiting a wet market in Thailand found ferrets *under* chickens.
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Quote "No university would let you get away with this" - if you want a weaponized virus, you don't have to tweak it yourself. The conditions in a poorly run lab and an exotic animal market are very similar and could each have produced the mutations.
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