The P.L.A.ngolin Capers
Pangolin coronavirus sequences were a crucial factor in convincing many Western scientists that SARS-CoV-2 was natural. But the samples came from the PLA, how do we know they are genuine?
The release of the US ODNI report has revived interest in pangolin coronaviruses, with a suggestion WIV may have tried to isolate live viruses from pangolins. But I question whether such viruses even exist, or rather whether they're genuinely from pangolins or synthetic biology. Despite much confusion over their provenance, all of the pangolin samples come from the same source - they were provided to Chinese scientists by the PLA’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences.
There have many curious features that our current understanding of evolution struggles to explain. Do the laws of science need revising, or could this be the result of fraud?