The Omicron Variant Was Created In a Lab, Scientists Say

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The Omicron Variant Was Created In a Lab, Scientists Say

By Debra Heine
April 4, 2022

Many scientists who have studied the Omicron virus believe that the fast-spreading COVID variant was mistakenly or perhaps purposefully released from a lab.

Investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson spoke with several such scientists who told her that Omicron is unlikely to be a product of a natural evolution of SARS-Cov-2 in infected people because of the vast number of mutations that had to occur in order to create the new virus.

The origins of the Omicron outbreak are murky and suspicious: the virus was first detected in Botswana, South Africa, where it was reportedly brought in by a foreign delegation from an unidentified country. As Attkisson notes, public officials will not identify the country, making it more difficult for others to discover its origin.

“There was a large number of mutations in this variant—many more than we would expect from the normal evolution of this virus,” said virologist Andrew Pekosz, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Importantly, many mutations occurred in the spike protein—the protein the virus uses to bind to and enter cells—which is the target of the vaccine.”

A government researcher studying the virus who did not wish to be identified was the only scientist Attkisson spoke with who suggested Omicron occurred naturally.

“It did not follow the trajectory of the outbreak,” the researcher admitted.  “One of the hypotheses is that there’s been a cryptic, a completely separate outbreak going on,” or a “cryptic transmission” independent of mice. “Perhaps someone immune-compromised was infected, and active replication of the virus was maintained for a very long time,” he said.

However, the alternate theory—that Omicron was concocted in a lab and escaped—is considered by many scientists to be the more likely scenario.

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Source:  https://amgreatness.com/2022/04/04/the-omicron-variant-was-created-in-a-lab-scientists-say/