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Possibility of Alternate Sources for COVID-19
2:17:51 - 2:27:53 (10:02)
While the RATG13 virus is not a sufficient enough match to serve as a backbone for COVID-19, it is possible that other viruses collected in Laos, Cambodia, or Southern China could have arrived at something similar to COVID-19 through genetic modification or accelerated evolution.
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The speaker speculates that laboratory-related incidents, such as waste disposal, collection of viral samples, or selling laboratory animals in the market, could be the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the most likely scenario related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
2:17:51 - 2:21:13 (03:22)
Summary
The speaker speculates that laboratory-related incidents, such as waste disposal, collection of viral samples, or selling laboratory animals in the market, could be the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the most likely scenario related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
ChapterPossibility of Alternate Sources for COVID-19
Episode#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The RATG13 virus, discovered in Yunnan, China is 96.2% similar to SARS-CoV-2, but it may not serve as a backbone for the virus.
2:21:13 - 2:27:53 (06:39)
Summary
The RATG13 virus, discovered in Yunnan, China is 96.2% similar to SARS-CoV-2, but it may not serve as a backbone for the virus. However, there is a possibility of other viruses, collected in Laos or Cambodia through the EcoHealth Alliance proposals, being similar to SARS-CoV-2.