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Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Twirling Time, Jan 21, 2020.

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  1. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    it was worth some level of scrutiny. In March. And it got it. And it was dismissed
     
    RickStain, Jan 5, 2021
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  2. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    When did Wall Street Ragu become Lab Rat Ragu?
     
    BTExpress, Jan 5, 2021
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  3. Jerry-atric

    Jerry-atric Well-Known Member

    That is probably true in some cases. But I have always understood the theory to be that it was a naturally occurring virus that was being studied at a lab. Certainly that occurs all the time.
     
    Jerry-atric, Jan 5, 2021
    #17103
  4. Jerry-atric

    Jerry-atric Well-Known Member

    Ragu is crazy smart.
     
    Jerry-atric, Jan 5, 2021
    #17104
  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    This isn't an opinion to "believe." Your appeals to made-up authorities, like "literally every expert to study it." notwithstanding.

    When they harvest pathogens -- for example bat viruses in the wild-- and they serial passage them through cell cultures in a lab, whatever experts you are talking about couldn't definitely tell you that any given hybrid came from that cell culture or if it came from the wild (if they didn't already know). They can only guess. The practice of serial passage mimics a natural zoonotic jump.

    For what it is worth, that is the kind of work they were doing in that lab in Wuhan supposedly. Supposedly that molecular biologist from Rutgers who is quoted in the New York story had been sounding the alarm about their work for years.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jan 5, 2021
    #17105
  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I have someone with a PhD in molecular and cellular biology sitting 50 feet from me right now.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jan 5, 2021
    #17106
  7. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

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    DanielSimpsonDay, Jan 5, 2021
    #17107
  8. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    Is that person doing pull-ups at a New Jersey high school tennis court?
     
    Regan MacNeil, Jan 5, 2021
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  9. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member

    My favorite virus conspiracy is that actually the U.S. created it, and it escaped from our lab, it circulated undetected last fall, somehow traveled back to Wuhan, and we were like, "Man! What a virus you've got there! ... you guys totally musta gotten that off of some bats!"
     
    Justin_Rice, Jan 5, 2021
    #17109
  10. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Under that theory, the virus evolved to infect humans, began infecting humans enough for Chinese scientists to notice it, then spontaneously stopped infecting humans for awhile until it had a chance to escape from the lab.
     
    RickStain, Jan 5, 2021
    #17110
  11. Jerry-atric

    Jerry-atric Well-Known Member

    I don’t think he was Patient Zero, but he infected hundreds of people.
     
    Jerry-atric, Jan 5, 2021
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  12. Jerry-atric

    Jerry-atric Well-Known Member

    I don’t mean it was harvested because it infected humans. Maybe there are dozens of bat viruses being studied at the lab and this one got out and happens to infect humans.
     
    Jerry-atric, Jan 5, 2021
    #17112
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