Let's look at Dr Shi's papers. "The major differences in the sequence of the S gene of 2019-nCoV are the 3 short insertions in the N-terminal domain as well as changes in.. key residues in the receptor-binding motif compared with the sequence of SARS-CoV"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2012-7#change-history …
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You also have to have a sociological theory of a coverup. It’s the clumsy & scientifically illiterate censors? How do they know this is significant and will raise eyebrows *and* also think not mentioning it solves the problem when it’s already public. As I said, one or the other.
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On what basis do you assume censors are scientifically illiterate? Internal Chinese guidance on vetting research says the opposite Whether, with hindsight, any of us thinks this "chess move" was smart, dumb, intentional, oversight ... bottom line is that all we can say is "odd"pic.twitter.com/PuFEHITIbS
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Well, it was only 42 days from that paper (Feb 3 to Mar 17) until an analysis was published explaining the FCS as natural, making the oversight moot (in theory) If the goal was delay/muddy waters then looks a whole lot less stupid - when was significance of FCS first noted?
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as soon as they see it. Coverups have to make sense in context.