11-28-2021, 07:15 PM
So, if we observe a sudden unusual high number of mutations in a virus and we are left with supposition as to how it occured. We could start by listing the most likely explanations in order.
(1) Generated in a lab.
(2) Generated in a immunodeficient close human host group or possibly a single immunodeficient human host. (Is a vaccine involved?)
(3) skipping a large number of less likely explanations here but will conclude with very possibly the least likely of all explantions.
(4) Generated through a non-human carrier population, such as rats.
Using the above, one has a general road map of how to go about creating testing procedures to determine which of the above it was, if any at all.
(1) Generated in a lab.
(2) Generated in a immunodeficient close human host group or possibly a single immunodeficient human host. (Is a vaccine involved?)
(3) skipping a large number of less likely explanations here but will conclude with very possibly the least likely of all explantions.
(4) Generated through a non-human carrier population, such as rats.
Using the above, one has a general road map of how to go about creating testing procedures to determine which of the above it was, if any at all.