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China researchers working with 100% lethality COVID-variant (source changed to official study, biased right-wing link removed to body, my thanks to crypticthree) (www.biorxiv.org)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by rivermonster to c/politicalexiles

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EDIT:

Main link changed to actual study https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.03.574008v1.full
Removed previous link: https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/china-cloned-covid-like-virus-to-test-on-mice-acknowledges-spillover-risk-to-humans-coronavirus-pandemic-ccp-beijing-gain-of-function-wuhan-lab-testing-corona-covid-19-asia-health-fauci-bio?

This is all over a lot of BULLSHIT right-wing sites. The link I provided is the only high-factuality source I could find. Can anyone confirm this story, or is it made up right-wing nutter bait?

I'm hoping even if correct, that it's still extremely misconstrued or misrepresented. Requesting assistance if someone sees a decent source on this one.

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[–] surewhynotlem 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This doesn't even pass the sniff test. It would be supremely idiotic to base a bio-weapon on a disease that we are extremely ready to create the most high-tech vaccines for.

[–] rivermonster 0 points 8 months ago

Yep, we discussed that in the convo below. You're correct.