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The genome-sequencing competition demonstrated this: of all the solutions submitted that were both faster and more accurate than the benchmarks, none came from computational biologists.

Any PCR test that takes more than 30 cycles to become positive shows that the original sample contained minimal amounts of coronavirus RNA. In fact, Sars-Cov-2 may not have existed at all in its complete form in those samples, since the PCR process is not designed to amplify the virus’s entire RNA strand, just a piece of it.

Just as there are physicists who will tell you that everything that happens can ultimately be explained by physics alone (it can’t), and chemists who tell you that in the end biology is just chemistry (it isn’t), so by asserting the primacy of the gene, geneticists are establishing an intellectual pecking order when they attribute more to genes tha

Ferguson was also part of a semi-secret British government committee called the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, or SAGE. SAGE first came together in 2009 amid fears of a potential swine flu epidemic. It quickly faced criticism for a lack of transparency and inaccurate projections. In July 2009, it estimated the swine flu might kill up to