Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-11-29 23:47:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 45ECFE53F0D2D13A1DBF82D01ED5D3DE1F0155BA9CE4BF4DE71355547E298E2A
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Original Note:
There's no evidence to suggest SARS-CoV-2 was made in a lab. Substantial evidence suggests COVID-19 originated via a similar pathway to SARS involving a spillover from bats to intermediate hosts in wildlife farms/markets. SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage site was not engineered https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8337 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10096-020-03899-4#Sec2
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