Why does the Wuhan coronavirus genome end in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (33 a's)? And does this indicate that it is man made?

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[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I don't think any intelligent person doubts that this came from a lab. The question is weather it was engineered simply for testing or for use as a weapon. Given how poorly it kills it is almost certainly not in a weapons form now. At best it is a delivery system and either doesn't have a warhead, or it is doing some kind of damage we don't yet know about.

[–]magnora7[S] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I don't think any intelligent person doubts that this came from a lab.

Lol you would be surprised.

Given how poorly it kills it is almost certainly not in a weapons form

Weapons can also be used to degrade and exhaust people, weapons aren't just about killing, they're about projected power.

[–]The_Lear_Bluce_Ree 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yup exactly. That's why they changed the way landmines work because killing people outright wasn't as effective as wounding them, slowing down the unit that has to care for him now, filling hospital beds, and exhausting medical staff.

Why wouldn't a weaponized virus attempt to accomplish the same thing?