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[–]FediNetizen 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Not surprising. The virus has been investigated quite thoroughly at this point, and there are no real indications that it was manmade. If you want a deep dive into the merits of the "lab theory", I can recommend this excellent video by potholer

[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Rly?

”According to Professor Luc Montagnier, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for “discovering” HIV as the cause of the AIDS epidemic together with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, the SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that was manipulated and accidentally released from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, in the last quarter of 2019. According to Professor Montagnier, this laboratory, known for its work on coronaviruses, tried to use one of these viruses as a vector for HIV in the search for an AIDS vaccine.”

”With my colleague, bio-mathematician Jean-Claude Perez, we carefully analyzed the description of the genome of this RNA virus,” explains Luc Montagnier, interviewed by Dr Jean-François Lemoine for the daily podcast at Pourquoi Docteur, adding that others have already explored this avenue: Indian researchers have already tried to publish the results of the analyses that showed that this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus, … the HIV virus (AIDS virus), but they were forced to withdraw their findings as the pressure from the mainstream was too great.

” In a challenging question Dr Jean-François Lemoine inferred that the coronavirus under investigation may have come from a patient who is otherwise infected with HIV. No, “says Luc Montagnier,” in order to insert an HIV sequence into this genome, molecular tools are needed, and that can only be done in a laboratory.”

https://www.gilmorehealth.com/chinese-coronavirus-is-a-man-made-virus-according-to-luc-montagnier-the-man-who-discovered-hiv/

Professor Luc Montagnier won the 2008 Nobel Prize for his discovery relating to HIV, this is his field. Should I trust you , a YouTuber or him and his partner, as well as a legion of other scientists and researchers who are being censored?

[–]FediNetizen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, really. The Indian researchers were forced to withdraw their study because critics pointed out the "similarities" equally applied to many other bacteria and viruses. Saying that having some common genetic code means that one was derived from the other is ridiculous. It would be like accusing JK Rowling of plagiarizing JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Ring series because her Harry Potter novels also featured "magic", and "dragons", and "goblins" just like Tolkien's novels do, when in reality those archetypes appear in just about every fantasy novel.

And it's the same story with Dr. Montagnier. His claim doesn't have a solid scientific foundation; it's just his conjecture.