BioWeapon?: Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag (biorxiv.org)
submitted 5.2 years ago by Chempergrill
videocodec 5.2 years ago
You would think if it was a bioweapon the fatality rate would be higher.
cm18 5.2 years ago
So far, the death to recovery rate is about 50%. If this keeps up, perhaps it should be renamed "Thaos virus".
AphexTim 5.2 years ago
Maybe it is designed to lay dormant for an extra long time to allow more spreading before becoming deadly or only kill off the weak old and young, who knows.
Planetary21 5.2 years ago
I think this is highly likely, since I've never heard of a virus/flu that has such an insanely long incubation period while being contagious.
fuckinghell 5.2 years ago
Fair point.
A bioweapon could be engineered to mutate, if so that mutation could significantly up the fatality rate.
InTheWideningGyre 5.2 years ago
Or it could be something unfinished that escaped before it was ready.
Mr_Quagmire 5.2 years ago
https://mobile.twitter.com/ARanganathan72/status/1223320879162986496
videocodec ago
You would think if it was a bioweapon the fatality rate would be higher.
cm18 ago
So far, the death to recovery rate is about 50%. If this keeps up, perhaps it should be renamed "Thaos virus".
AphexTim ago
Maybe it is designed to lay dormant for an extra long time to allow more spreading before becoming deadly or only kill off the weak old and young, who knows.
Planetary21 ago
I think this is highly likely, since I've never heard of a virus/flu that has such an insanely long incubation period while being contagious.
fuckinghell ago
Fair point.
A bioweapon could be engineered to mutate, if so that mutation could significantly up the fatality rate.
InTheWideningGyre ago
Or it could be something unfinished that escaped before it was ready.
Mr_Quagmire ago
https://mobile.twitter.com/ARanganathan72/status/1223320879162986496