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Yes, that's right. There are facts that we know.
For example:
1. We know now that three Chinese labs had the SARS-2 (the virus that causes Covid-19) genome completely mapped within weeks of the first individual being diagnosed with a type of corona virus. It was isolated and when it was mapped, that is when they realized that it's a bat type of virus.
2. We know that the research labs were slow to share all of their scientific data with the WHO and CDC. The WHO and CDC do not conduct any primary research. They are bureacratic orignizations that coordinate and recommend responses by government agencies around the world.
3. European labs also had the SARS-2 virus 100% mapped within months after the Chinese.
4. We know exactly what the virus is, it's composition, and how it replicates. What we do not know is how to prevent it from spreading. That is because the genetic composition of modern humans is extremely varied. The infectious response is also varied. For example, some researchers have noticed that individuals who are asymptomatic are able to prevent the virus from producing proteins in order to replicate. These people seem to not get sick at all. In these people the human genome pairs that intefere with the production of protein on the SARS virus are actually Neandertal in origin. Not all humans posses this archaic genome, and therefore not all humans are able to resist infection in the same way. So although we know what the SARS virus is, we can't always predict how the human body will respond to it. What we can do is generalize about SARS viruses from past studies. We have observed patterns, such as rates of infection, mortality, and types of symptoms in human subjects.
5. The research into a vaccine must therefore focus on the modern Homo Sapien genome. Whether a "cure" can be found is far from being settled, precisely because of the vast differences from person to person. The primary research is very data intensive and takes time and requires multiple statistical studies.
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