There's a persistent "theory" going around that there are four sequences of HIV embedded in what is otherwise a SARS-1 flu virus genome. The chances of that being random are about the same as dropping a bunch of pieces of a crashed plane from 30,000 feet and having them land and form an intact, working plane. Is this true? IDK, I'm not a genetic whizkid. But this thing has "cooked up in a lab, accidentally (or not) released" all over it.
There's a persistent "theory" going around that there are four sequences of HIV embedded in what is otherwise a SARS-1 flu virus genome. The chances of that being random are about the same as dropping a bunch of pieces of a crashed plane from 30,000 feet and having them land and form an intact, working plane. Is this true? IDK, I'm not a genetic whizkid. But this thing has "cooked up in a lab, accidentally (or not) released" all over it.
Yes, it is true. I personally think that was an effort to increase the contagion. It has been reported that the virus responds to HIV treatments.