Sure pal. And now, even if subsequent investigation can't support the claim, the MAGAverse - and specifically Trump - will keep the Chinese lab claim alive.A Nobel prize-winning US biologist, who has been widely quoted describing a “smoking gun” to support the thesis that Covid-19 was genetically modified and escaped from a Wuhan lab, has said he overstated the case.
David Baltimore, a distinguished biology professor, had become one of the most prominent figures cited by proponents of the so-called lab leak theory.
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Baltimore has told a fellow researcher, the scientific journal Nature and the LA Times that – while he had been quoted accurately [...] he should not have used the phrase “smoking gun” and was uncertain [...] regarding the origins of the virus – natural or otherwise.
In an email exchange with the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore conceded he had overstated the case and that he had an open mind on the matter.
“[I] should have softened the phrase ‘smoking gun’ because I don’t believe that it proves the origin of the furin cleavage site but it does sound that way.
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Baltimore also clarified his stance in an exchange with Nature, saying: “There are other possibilities and they need careful consideration, which is all I meant to be saying.”
