The nearest virus to COVID-19 we know to be likely in possession of the WIV was the one from Laos, not ratg13.
Publishing a sequence from a virus that comes from China like ratg13 and not from Laos might be a move they took to make it more plausible that a relative of the virus from the Chinese cave naturally spilled over.
The nearest virus to COVID-19 we know to be likely in possession of the WIV was the one from Laos, not ratg13.
Publishing a sequence from a virus that comes from China like ratg13 and not from Laos might be a move they took to make it more plausible that a relative of the virus from the Chinese cave naturally spilled over.
hmmm interesting