Reverse Engineering the Origins of SARS-CoV-2

Reverse Engineering the Origins of SARS-CoV-2

SARS2 was in a UNC freezer back in 2018

But this story is much bigger than Ralph Baric

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Jim Haslam
Jan 19, 2024
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If you closely read what I tried to write, you are probably shocked at this one line from a recent 1,400-page FOIA: Dr Ralph Baric (RB) in 2018 “has already generated SARS-like chimeras…of bat viruses…which are 20% different from epidemic strains.”

SARS2 was 22% different than epidemic strains. To put it bluntly, a bat virus ~2% different from SARS2 was …

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