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Just noticed that one of the authors on the 2015 Menachery paper, Scott Randell, is affiliated with the Cystic Fibrosis Center at UNC-Chapel Hill.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985

In keeping with the hypothesis that many different forms of lethal cellular and molecular action were built into the SARS-CoV-2 bioweapon structure, including HIV, furin cleavage site etc., I'm wondering if they also used information known about the mechanisms of cystic fibrosis to incorporate relevant sequences and promote cystic fibrosis-like results in the lungs.

Maybe someone has already looked at the cystic fibrosis connection, but I haven't seen it come up by name yet in my own research trawling - Just passing it along in case it's a useful line of investigation for you.

Thank you for your hard work!

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