A laboratory-associated origin is the more likely explanation, on the evidence public in 2023.
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- supports it The furin cleavage site in SARS-CoV-2 has no close analogue in the sampled sarbecovirus record.
- supports it The 2018 DEFUSE proposal describes inserting a furin cleavage site into a SARS-related bat coronavirus.
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