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Politics and Political Issues Board / Re: Covid Lab Leak Theory
« Last post by chaos on Today at 02:53:52 PM »
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The most intensely scrutinized genetic feature is something called a furin cleavage site, a small insertion in the spike protein that helps the virus enter human cells efficiently. SARS-CoV-2 has a unique four-unit insertion at a critical junction in its spike protein that no other known virus in its family (sarbecoviruses) possesses. Similar features exist in other, more distantly related coronaviruses like MERS, so the structure itself isn’t biologically impossible through natural evolution. But its appearance in SARS-CoV-2 is unusual enough to draw attention from both camps.

Some scientists note that this insertion uses a specific genetic spelling (a CGG-CGG codon pair) that appears with only about 5% frequency in similar viruses, making some researchers argue it looks engineered. Others counter that rare codons do occur naturally and that evolution produces unexpected outcomes all the time. Critically, researchers have pointed out that the techniques used in coronavirus research could produce modifications “practically indistinguishable from a rare coronavirus with a naturally emerging” cleavage site. In other words, if someone did insert it in a lab, there might be no way to tell from the genome alone.


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Why a Lab Leak Remains Plausible
The Wuhan Institute of Virology, located roughly 10 miles from the Huanan market, housed one of the world’s largest collections of bat coronaviruses and was actively studying them. Researchers there had collected samples from bat caves across southern China, including the cave where RaTG13 was found, and had published research on engineering chimeric coronaviruses to study their potential to infect human cells. A 2018 grant proposal from the institute’s U.S. collaborators described plans to insert furin cleavage sites into SARS-related coronaviruses, though there is no public evidence that this specific work was carried out.
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Gossip & Opinions / Re: Why is Josh banned ???
« Last post by Royalty on Today at 02:43:03 PM »
^^^ Josh I hope you’re reading this. This is the guy that got you banned. “Phantom_Spunker”. You know him as “Griffith”.

Unfortunately for him, his “Les Grossman” account has threatened people today. (Check the “getbig meet up” thread.
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Gossip & Opinions / Re: Anything Selfie...
« Last post by herne on Today at 02:35:54 PM »
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Gossip & Opinions / Re: Why is Josh banned ???
« Last post by Phantom Spunker on Today at 02:33:35 PM »
Oh, Royalty. My dear Royalty. I do hate to have to do this again, but alas, you are forcing my hand. I had hoped to govern you through patience and restraint, but your continued provocation has regrettably compelled me to crack the whip again. I am now going to have to demand that you are recalled to jail due to your continued refusal to follow the forum rules that have been explicitly laid out. Specifically:

3) No malicious personal bashing, especially on females, and others who can’t defend themselves.
6) No threads that are just meant to ruin the boards.


As well as the following paragraph that Ron clearly prefaced with 'Now, make sure you get this...'

You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law.

I am not ashamed to admit that I have spent the night crying and now feel unable to enjoy the board and participate in the joy of bodybuilding due to your continued harassment. I am literally shaking right now as I type this, and your repeated attempts to belittle and abuse me through posting false, defamatory, and inaccurate quotes have taken a mental and physical toll on me. 

Please, mods, I ask of you to continue to enforce the rules fairly and send Royalty back to timeout for another 3 months for the above violations. Perhaps, in time, I will recover from this, but only with your help.
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