<story><title>Unusual Features of SARS-CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Lab Modification</title><url>https://zenodo.org/record/4028830#.X1_8aRb3bDu</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dannykwells</author><text>Not to ad hom the piece, but Miles Guo, funder of this work,  is a controversial Steve Bannon associate and Chinese billionaire in exile. So, you know, might have an axe to grind.&lt;p&gt;Also, for a different, and published, perspective, see this piece:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nature.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;s41591-020-0820-9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nature.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;s41591-020-0820-9&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mathw</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ll definitely take the paper from Nature Medicine over the article by someone associated with Steve Bannon. I simply do not believe it is plausible that this many scientists are in on the massive cover-up that would be required to hide such evidence.</text></comment>
<story><title>Unusual Features of SARS-CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Lab Modification</title><url>https://zenodo.org/record/4028830#.X1_8aRb3bDu</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dannykwells</author><text>Not to ad hom the piece, but Miles Guo, funder of this work,  is a controversial Steve Bannon associate and Chinese billionaire in exile. So, you know, might have an axe to grind.&lt;p&gt;Also, for a different, and published, perspective, see this piece:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nature.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;s41591-020-0820-9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nature.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;s41591-020-0820-9&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>djaque</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s not even ad hominem.  It&amp;#x27;s a pretty relevant piece of info and does change how I look at the article.</text></comment>