Genetic Engineering Hypotheses of SARS-CoV-2 Origins

From essentially the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some scientists have pointed to evidence that SARS-CoV-2 came about through gain-of-function research. One of the first published papers on the origins of SARS-CoV-2 pointed out reasons to suspect the use of serial passage through an animal host or cell culture was likely.¹⁾

Moderna holds patents on thousands of genetic sequences under various contexts. There is specific debate over some key sequences.

On February 21, 2022, scientists published a paper showing a 19 nucleotide portion of the SARS-CoV-2 genome encompassing the furin cleavage site that is a perfect “complementary match to a codon-optimized propriety sequence that is the reverse complement of the human mutS homolog (MSH3).” The paper goes on to say that recombination in an intermedia host (zoonosis) is unlikely.²⁾

A long and detailed article published in State of the Nation lays out a case that COVID-19 was the result of a biological attack on China by the U.S.³⁾