Evidence suggests the Rocky Mountain Laboratory had access to the SARS-CoV-2 genome before the rest of the world On January 22, 2020, Dr. Vincent Munsey’s laboratory at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML) published a pre-print manuscript containing a set of highly complex experiments using synthetic spike proteins from SARS-CoV-2. This is, to my knowledge, the first publication of synthetic biology work being done using the genome sequence of the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2. An analysis of the timeline and workflow from this first manuscript, starting from the publicly stated date when the first genome was available, concludes that the experiments could not have been done that quickly. The alternative hypothesis is that RML had the sequences before their publication from China. The implications of this conclusion are immense.
@quay_dr Implications to me? 1) RML was familiar with the work 2) They immediately recognized the importance 3) They knew about the FCS and role of spike protein 4) They had early access to sequence data. How? From who? The first murmurs about a problem were in Dec as I recall.
@quay_dr Think how much time was needed to develop 3 distinct codon optimisations between 3 companies that do not cross react by PCR yet produce the same amino acid sequence, in time to develop a vaccine? x.com/Jikkyleaks/sta…
@quay_dr Think how much time was needed to develop 3 distinct codon optimisations between 3 companies that do not cross react by PCR yet produce the same amino acid sequence, in time to develop a vaccine? x.com/Jikkyleaks/sta…
@quay_dr Vincent Munster is a student of Koopmans
Dr. Quay, does Fig 1d show that the entire experiment took 12 days? If they ordered synthesized RBD on Friday, Jan 10, they received it on Wed, Jan 15, and completed experiment on Jan 21. Submitted paper on Jan 22? Would have required IDT to produce sequence in 5 days (3 business days) plus one for shipment.
@quay_dr The fact this isn’t going viral… no pun intended… is nuts.
@quay_dr Everyone pls save this before the bots find it.
@quay_dr OK - I'm missing the implications. Aren't all the smart people pretty much operating under the assumption that this was a manufactured virus and it's been around for God knows how long in controlled environments until it escaped?