SARS-CoV2 shows no signs of genetic manipulation. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
The absence of a confirmed source does not put disproven conspiracy theories about its origin on the same footing as actual science.
The absence of a confirmed source does not put disproven conspiracy theories about its origin on the same footing as actual science.
Well, so what? People aren't generally making that claim. The only thing disproven is a straw man.
Nothing in the article rules out the possibility of a lab creating the virus via conventional breeding, by passing the virus through human cells and/or by infecting cells simultaneously with human viruses. Nothing in the article rules out the possibility of a lab accident; indeed there have been several lab accidents in China that released dangerous viruses.
Look at this research:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18077725
It is 2008 research from the lab in Wuhan. They created a virus by combining SARS-CoV with HIV, targeting the human ACE2 molecule as receptor. These features match those of our current pandemic. (India reported the HIV link, and the use of ACE2 is widely known)
We shouldn't be so quick to dismiss the possibility. Note also that China is actively trying to point people away from this line of inquiry. We should resist that effort.
It's worth remembering that the very term "conspiracy theory" was first used to deflect attention from an actual conspiracy. It was a very successful psy-op, and it lives on to this day.
But I'm also a Chinese agent, so take that with a grain of salt.
That is a straw man. I'm definitely not claiming that any such technology was used. The virus modifications in the Wuhan lab are older than the existence of most of that technology.
We didn't need modern technology to create the dog from the wolf. It's the same here, with viruses.
Breeding viruses in a lab is not detectable compared to what happens in nature.