So does this sound like the beginning to a new horror movie?
At a Boston University, scientists have combined the original Wuhan strain along with the Omicron strain of Covid...with an 80% kill rate to do research on it for future occurrences.
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ElwoodBlues · M
@DIABLISS by searching on part of the text, I found multiple hits easily. Here's one: [b]https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/neidl-researchers-refute-uk-article-about-covid-strain/[/b]
And another: [b]https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-university-calls-daily-mail-report-on-covid-19-research-false-inaccurate/41677875[/b]
As far as why researchers might look at likely dangerous outcomes, it's a very sensible thing to do, kinda like testing tires to see what can cause a blowout. Here's what I posted in answer to an earlier question about the same thing.
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First, you need to understand one of the sources of virus variation. Viruses enter cells and hijack the cell's resources & machinery to make copies of themselves - this means making copies of the proteins & genetic material of the virus. If a person happens to be infected with TWO viruses at once, material from both viruses can be present and reassemble into novel viruses. This happens in nature.
Careful people might try crossing various strains of Covid that are already circulating in order to see if there is some hybrid strain that's really dangerous. They would do this as a precaution to get a jump on something that might occur soon in nature.
They would then have the info needed to make vaccines against this really dangerous hybrid, just in case it occurs in nature and is able to mostly evade existing vaccines. This kind of work is done in biosafety labs certified to work with the most dangerous pathogens like Ebola. https://consteril.com/biosafety-levels-difference/
And another: [b]https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-university-calls-daily-mail-report-on-covid-19-research-false-inaccurate/41677875[/b]
As far as why researchers might look at likely dangerous outcomes, it's a very sensible thing to do, kinda like testing tires to see what can cause a blowout. Here's what I posted in answer to an earlier question about the same thing.
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First, you need to understand one of the sources of virus variation. Viruses enter cells and hijack the cell's resources & machinery to make copies of themselves - this means making copies of the proteins & genetic material of the virus. If a person happens to be infected with TWO viruses at once, material from both viruses can be present and reassemble into novel viruses. This happens in nature.
Careful people might try crossing various strains of Covid that are already circulating in order to see if there is some hybrid strain that's really dangerous. They would do this as a precaution to get a jump on something that might occur soon in nature.
They would then have the info needed to make vaccines against this really dangerous hybrid, just in case it occurs in nature and is able to mostly evade existing vaccines. This kind of work is done in biosafety labs certified to work with the most dangerous pathogens like Ebola. https://consteril.com/biosafety-levels-difference/
@ElwoodBlues here is a great idea....do testing on those medical ships....not in a Boston University....not in a lab next to a wet market. and chemical warfare has been going on longer then our grandparents were alive. it needs to stop. Now. they also need to stop making nuclear weapons. if some boobs like in Russia decide to send them out, we all pay for it eventually