#SARSCoV2 genome public Jan 10, this preprint posted Jan 23rd. Full genome also published with the paper, including furin site. Nothing concealed. This kind of sleight of hand is being deployed by disingenuous people to make you think scary but untrue things. Don't be fooled. https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1403016030528626688 …
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Replying to @stgoldst
WIV already had the genome by early Jan, 2020. Paper published on Feb 3 still didn't mention the FCS:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2012-7 …
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The point, Alina, is the genome was public before the preprint was even posted. It was impossible to hide the existence of the FCS. The fact that it wasn't shown in a figure isn't proof they tried to conceal it because it was already not concaled.
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Then why not just mention a few lines about the FCS in the paper?
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maybe that was to be the subject of a follow up. maybe they literally threw it together overnight under a lot of time pressure. Who knows? the release fo the sequence on Jan 10 made headlines around the world and gained them loads of praise for being so open before publication
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We're only talking about a few lines on the FCS, not an entire chapter.. Still possible under time pressure..
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I know. its very odd. But odd isn't bad. its just sloppy. and everyone is sloppy under the sort of time pressure they were under at the time
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I can't comment much on whether it is sloppy or bad at this point..
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I would point out (and I am not being antagonistic) that the reason you and others think this is odd or bizarre after the fact is that you haven't tried to work in an infection lab during the unknown viral outbreak when the whole world is screaming at you for answers.
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Possibly germane: the competing paper by Lu et al (https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(20)30251-8/fulltext …) published on Jan 30 also does not mention "furin" in the text. The focus is on RBD. A paper focused on rapid genomic characterization of 2019-nCoV might legitimately not discuss FCS under time pressure.
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I think it’s good to acknowledge what’s odd, even when the parsimonious explanation is stressed to high heaven. That’s been a disconnect that’s created some of the difficulties, I think.
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