IBOV 173,295 ▲ 0.76% IPSA 10,762 ▲ 0.52% IPC MEX 67,226 ▼ 0.28% MERVAL 3,123,411 ▲ 0.88% COLCAP 2,286.19 ▲ 1.09% BVL PERÚ 55,499.07 ▲ 1.21% USD/BRL5.17▼ 0.04% USD/MXN17.50▼ 0.06% USD/CLP 921.85 — 0.00% USD/COP3,437▼ 0.25% USD/PEN3.41▼ 0.47% USD/ARS1,477▼ 0.02% USD/UYU40.22▲ 2.10% USD/PYG6,084▲ 1.66% USD/BOB6.86▲ 1.88% USD/DOP59.28▲ 2.37% USD/CRC450.59▲ 1.75% USD/GTQ7.62▲ 2.31% USD/HNL26.70▲ 0.40% USD/NIO36.62▲ 0.31% USD/VES620.66▲ 5.79% USD/PAB1.00— 0.00% USD/BZD2.00— 0.00% USD/JMD156.59▲ 0.44% USD/TTD6.74▲ 1.41% EUR/BRL5.88▼ 0.38% BRENT 72.60 ▼ 3.53% WTI 69.23 ▼ 3.74% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.21 ▲ 2.25% GOLD 4,096 ▲ 1.63% SILVER 59.67 ▲ 2.27% SOY 1,156 ▲ 2.55% CORN 421.75 ▲ 1.69% WHEAT 589.75 ▼ 0.21% COFFEE 261.25 ▼ 9.54% SUGAR 14.55 ▲ 7.38% ORANGE JUICE 148.60 ▲ 11.44% COTTON 76.78 ▲ 4.60% COCOA 5,217 ▲ 1.12% BEEF 245.83 ▼ 4.50% CATTLE 369.85 ▼ 0.92% LITHIUM 75.93 ▼ 3.21% PETR4 38.06 ▼ 1.01% VALE3 78.15 ▼ 0.65% ITUB4 42.24 ▲ 1.30% BBDC4 17.92 ▲ 1.70% ABEV3 16.73 ▲ 2.07% BBAS3 20.34 ▲ 1.45% B3SA3 14.92 ▲ 2.12% WEGE3 46.90 ▲ 0.86% PRIO3 53.29 ▼ 1.21% SUZB3 40.11 ▼ 4.50% RENT3 43.10 ▲ 1.77% AZZA3 18.99 ▼ 4.09% CSAN3 3.76 ▲ 1.35% RAIZ4 0.41 ▼ 2.38% PCAR3 2.28 ▲ 0.89% GMAT3 3.87 ▲ 1.04% PSSA3 53.26 ▲ 1.25% CVCB3 1.41 ▼ 0.70% POSI3 3.99 ▲ 1.53% SLCE3 13.17 ▼ 0.98% NATU3 7.98 ▲ 2.05% BRKM5 6.25 ▼ 8.36% RANI3 7.80 ▲ 0.39% CSNA3 4.73 ▼ 1.87% CMIN3 4.25 ▲ 0.24% USIM5 8.27 ▼ 2.71% GGBR4 21.42 ▼ 0.09% ENEV3 26.81 ▲ 2.64% NEOE3 33.80 — 0.00% CPFE3 45.50 ▲ 0.84% CMIG4 10.96 ▲ 1.58% EQTL3 39.75 ▲ 1.79% LREN3 14.97 ▲ 3.10% VIVT3 34.79 ▲ 0.64% RAIL3 13.69 ▲ 1.78% KLABIN 16.96 ▼ 0.53% RAIA DROGASIL 17.35 ▲ 0.87% RDOR3 34.71 ▲ 1.00% HAPV3 10.24 ▲ 1.19% FLRY3 15.61 ▲ 1.04% SMTO3 15.04 ▲ 2.24% UGPA3 25.60 ▲ 1.39% VBBR3 29.69 ▲ 1.78% BBSE3 39.17 ▲ 0.77% BPAC11 54.66 ▲ 0.66% CURY3 35.11 ▲ 1.15% AERI3 2.08 ▲ 0.48% VIVARA 23.54 ▲ 1.99% COMPASS 24.94 ▼ 2.35% VAMOS 2.88 ▲ 2.13% SANB11 26.35 ▲ 0.57% ASAI3 8.83 ▲ 2.56% SBSP3 29.60 ▲ 2.42% WALMEX 50.86 ▼ 0.51% GMEXICO 200.00 ▼ 1.48% FEMSA 225.20 ▲ 2.85% CEMEX 21.51 ▼ 0.97% GFNORTE 182.90 ▼ 1.59% BIMBO 57.09 ▲ 1.66% TELEVISA 9.48 ▼ 1.46% AMX 23.20 ▲ 0.74% GAP 441.57 ▼ 0.06% ASUR 308.43 ▼ 0.38% OMA 245.60 ▲ 0.65% KOF 186.96 ▲ 1.29% GRUMA 283.22 ▲ 0.17% KIMBER 38.85 ▲ 1.68% SQM-B 65,950 ▼ 1.64% COPEC 5,765 ▼ 0.64% BSANTANDER 75.00 ▲ 2.04% FALABELLA 5,911 ▲ 0.36% ENELAM 82.00 ▲ 0.60% CENCOSUD 2,127 ▲ 0.19% CMPC 1,040 — 0.00% BANCO CHILE 177.80 ▲ 0.11% LATAM AIR 26.97 ▲ 3.25% YPF 70,050 ▼ 0.99% GGAL 7,715 ▲ 1.45% PAMPA 4,973 ▲ 0.25% TXAR 682.50 ▲ 1.49% ALUAR 991.00 ▲ 0.10% TGS 9,225 ▲ 1.15% CEPU 2,274 ▲ 2.29% MIRGOR 16,075 ▲ 0.16% COME 41.38 ▲ 0.88% LOMA NEGRA 3,555 ▲ 0.21% BYMA 307.75 ▲ 2.16% TELECOM ARG 3,958 ▲ 0.19% ECOPETROL 14.72 ▲ 1.87% BANCOLOMBIA 79.27 ▲ 0.48% GRUPO AVAL 5.08 ▼ 0.39% CREDICORP 384.10 ▲ 0.97% SOUTHERN COPPER 171.26 ▼ 1.99% BUENAVENTURA 30.42 ▼ 0.85% MERCADOLIBRE 1,675 ▲ 3.45% NUBANK 13.17 ▲ 5.70% XP 16.13 ▲ 2.22% PAGSEGURO 9.07 ▲ 3.78% STONE 10.99 ▲ 1.85% GLOBANT 30.03 ▲ 8.29% TECNOGLASS 44.75 ▲ 1.54% GAP AIRPORT 252.48 ▲ 0.11% ASUR 308.43 ▼ 0.38% OMA AIRPORT 111.99 ▼ 0.02% AMX ADR 26.41 ▲ 0.42% FEMSA ADR 128.87 ▲ 2.79% CEMEX ADR 12.28 ▼ 0.81% PETROBRAS ADR 16.29 ▼ 1.39% VALE ADR 15.07 ▼ 0.33% ITAU ADR 8.23 ▲ 2.49% SANTANDER BR 5.20 ▲ 0.78% AMBEV ADR 3.23 ▲ 2.87% CSN 0.94 ▼ 1.91% GERDAU 4.15 ▲ 0.24% LATAM ADR 58.63 ▲ 3.03% BTC 60,485 ▲ 0.78% ETH 1,590 ▲ 0.83% SOL 72.24 ▲ 0.56% XRP 1.06 ▲ 1.54% BNB 563.32 ▼ 0.62% ADA 0.15 ▼ 0.34% DOGE 0.08 — 0.00% AVAX 6.57 ▼ 0.16% LINK 7.38 ▲ 0.51% DOT 0.84 ▼ 0.78% LTC 43.00 ▲ 2.76% BCH 197.60 ▲ 0.42% TRX 0.32 ▲ 0.05% XLM 0.18 ▼ 0.39% HBAR 0.07 ▲ 3.10% NEAR 1.85 ▲ 2.64% ATOM 1.60 ▲ 0.22% AAVE 97.95 ▲ 3.30% SELIC 14.25% EMBRAER 81.90 ▲ 0.99% EMBRAER ADR 63.75 ▲ 1.51% JBS 12.22 ▲ 1.58% JBS BDR 62.67 ▲ 0.87% MBRF3 17.10 ▲ 2.70% MBRFY 3.25 — 0.00% INTER 5.44 ▲ 3.82% EGX 51,443 ▼ 0.52% USD/ZAR16.41— 0.00% USD/NGN1,378▼ 0.09% NIKKEI 69,361 ▼ 4.15% CSI300 4,868 ▼ 3.03% HSI 22,672 ▼ 1.76% NIFTY 24,056 ▲ 0.14% KOSPI 8,411 ▼ 5.81% JCI 5,896 ▼ 1.72% USD/JPY161.69▼ 0.02% USD/CNY6.79▼ 0.12% DAX 24,671 ▼ 1.29% CAC 8,385 ▼ 0.55% FTSE 10,508 ▼ 0.21% MIB 51,265 ▼ 1.00% IBEX 19,425 ▼ 0.45% STOXX 635.88 ▼ 0.68% EUR/USD1.14▲ 0.18% GBP/USD1.32▲ 0.24% SPX 7,354 ▼ 0.05% DJI 51,876 ▼ 0.09% NDX 29,118 ▼ 1.09% RUT 3,010 ▲ 0.07% TSX 34,980 ▲ 0.37% VIX 18.41 ▼ 2.54% USD/CAD1.42— 0.00% US10Y 4.3720 ▼ 0.46% IBOV 173,295 ▲ 0.76% IPSA 10,762 ▲ 0.52% IPC MEX 67,226 ▼ 0.28% MERVAL 3,123,411 ▲ 0.88% COLCAP 2,286.19 ▲ 1.09% BVL PERÚ 55,499.07 ▲ 1.21% USD/BRL 5.17 ▼ 0.04% USD/MXN 17.50 ▼ 0.06% USD/CLP 921.85 — 0.00% USD/COP 3,437 ▼ 0.25% USD/PEN 3.41 ▼ 0.47% USD/ARS 1,477 ▼ 0.02% USD/UYU 40.22 ▲ 2.10% USD/PYG 6,084 ▲ 1.66% USD/BOB 6.86 ▲ 1.88% USD/DOP 59.28 ▲ 2.37% USD/CRC 450.59 ▲ 1.75% USD/GTQ 7.62 ▲ 2.31% USD/HNL 26.70 ▲ 0.40% USD/NIO 36.62 ▲ 0.31% USD/VES 620.66 ▲ 5.79% USD/PAB 1.00 — 0.00% USD/BZD 2.00 — 0.00% USD/JMD 156.59 ▲ 0.62% USD/TTD 6.74 ▲ 1.49% EUR/BRL 5.88 ▼ 0.38% BRENT 72.60 ▼ 3.53% WTI 69.23 ▼ 3.74% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.21 ▲ 2.25% GOLD 4,096 ▲ 1.63% SILVER 59.67 ▲ 2.27% SOY 1,156 ▲ 2.55% CORN 421.75 ▲ 1.69% WHEAT 589.75 ▼ 0.21% COFFEE 261.25 ▼ 9.54% SUGAR 14.55 ▲ 7.38% ORANGE JUICE 148.60 ▲ 11.44% COTTON 76.78 ▲ 4.60% COCOA 5,217 ▲ 1.12% BEEF 245.83 ▼ 4.50% CATTLE 369.85 ▼ 0.92% LITHIUM 75.93 ▼ 3.21% PETR4 38.06 ▼ 1.01% VALE3 78.15 ▼ 0.65% ITUB4 42.24 ▲ 1.30% BBDC4 17.92 ▲ 1.70% ABEV3 16.73 ▲ 2.07% BBAS3 20.34 ▲ 1.45% B3SA3 14.92 ▲ 2.12% WEGE3 46.90 ▲ 0.86% PRIO3 53.29 ▼ 1.21% SUZB3 40.11 ▼ 4.50% RENT3 43.10 ▲ 1.77% AZZA3 18.99 ▼ 4.09% CSAN3 3.76 ▲ 1.35% RAIZ4 0.41 ▼ 2.38% PCAR3 2.28 ▲ 0.89% GMAT3 3.87 ▲ 1.04% PSSA3 53.26 ▲ 1.25% CVCB3 1.41 ▼ 0.70% POSI3 3.99 ▲ 1.53% SLCE3 13.17 ▼ 0.98% NATU3 7.98 ▲ 2.05% BRKM5 6.25 ▼ 8.36% RANI3 7.80 ▲ 0.39% CSNA3 4.73 ▼ 1.87% CMIN3 4.25 ▲ 0.24% USIM5 8.27 ▼ 2.71% GGBR4 21.42 ▼ 0.09% ENEV3 26.81 ▲ 2.64% NEOE3 33.80 — 0.00% CPFE3 45.50 ▲ 0.84% CMIG4 10.96 ▲ 1.58% EQTL3 39.75 ▲ 1.79% LREN3 14.97 ▲ 3.10% VIVT3 34.79 ▲ 0.64% RAIL3 13.69 ▲ 1.78% KLABIN 16.96 ▼ 0.53% RAIA DROGASIL 17.35 ▲ 0.87% RDOR3 34.71 ▲ 1.00% HAPV3 10.24 ▲ 1.19% FLRY3 15.61 ▲ 1.04% SMTO3 15.04 ▲ 2.24% UGPA3 25.60 ▲ 1.39% VBBR3 29.69 ▲ 1.78% BBSE3 39.17 ▲ 0.77% BPAC11 54.66 ▲ 0.66% CURY3 35.11 ▲ 1.15% AERI3 2.08 ▲ 0.48% VIVARA 23.54 ▲ 1.99% COMPASS 24.94 ▼ 2.35% VAMOS 2.88 ▲ 2.13% SANB11 26.35 ▲ 0.57% ASAI3 8.83 ▲ 2.56% SBSP3 29.60 ▲ 2.42% WALMEX 50.86 ▼ 0.51% GMEXICO 200.00 ▼ 1.48% FEMSA 225.20 ▲ 2.85% CEMEX 21.51 ▼ 0.97% GFNORTE 182.90 ▼ 1.59% BIMBO 57.09 ▲ 1.66% TELEVISA 9.48 ▼ 1.46% AMX 23.20 ▲ 0.74% GAP 441.57 ▼ 0.06% ASUR 308.43 ▼ 0.38% OMA 245.60 ▲ 0.65% KOF 186.96 ▲ 1.29% GRUMA 283.22 ▲ 0.17% KIMBER 38.85 ▲ 1.68% SQM-B 65,950 ▼ 1.64% COPEC 5,765 ▼ 0.64% BSANTANDER 75.00 ▲ 2.04% FALABELLA 5,911 ▲ 0.36% ENELAM 82.00 ▲ 0.60% CENCOSUD 2,127 ▲ 0.19% CMPC 1,040 — 0.00% BANCO CHILE 177.80 ▲ 0.11% LATAM AIR 26.97 ▲ 3.25% YPF 70,050 ▼ 0.99% GGAL 7,715 ▲ 1.45% PAMPA 4,973 ▲ 0.25% TXAR 682.50 ▲ 1.49% ALUAR 991.00 ▲ 0.10% TGS 9,225 ▲ 1.15% CEPU 2,274 ▲ 2.29% MIRGOR 16,075 ▲ 0.16% COME 41.38 ▲ 0.88% LOMA NEGRA 3,555 ▲ 0.21% BYMA 307.75 ▲ 2.16% TELECOM ARG 3,958 ▲ 0.19% ECOPETROL 14.72 ▲ 1.87% BANCOLOMBIA 79.27 ▲ 0.48% GRUPO AVAL 5.08 ▼ 0.39% CREDICORP 384.10 ▲ 0.97% SOUTHERN COPPER 171.26 ▼ 1.99% BUENAVENTURA 30.42 ▼ 0.85% MERCADOLIBRE 1,675 ▲ 3.45% NUBANK 13.17 ▲ 5.70% XP 16.13 ▲ 2.22% PAGSEGURO 9.07 ▲ 3.78% STONE 10.99 ▲ 1.85% GLOBANT 30.03 ▲ 8.29% TECNOGLASS 44.75 ▲ 1.54% GAP AIRPORT 252.48 ▲ 0.11% ASUR 308.43 ▼ 0.38% OMA AIRPORT 111.99 ▼ 0.02% AMX ADR 26.41 ▲ 0.42% FEMSA ADR 128.87 ▲ 2.79% CEMEX ADR 12.28 ▼ 0.81% PETROBRAS ADR 16.29 ▼ 1.39% VALE ADR 15.07 ▼ 0.33% ITAU ADR 8.23 ▲ 2.49% SANTANDER BR 5.20 ▲ 0.78% AMBEV ADR 3.23 ▲ 2.87% CSN 0.94 ▼ 1.91% GERDAU 4.15 ▲ 0.24% LATAM ADR 58.63 ▲ 3.03% BTC 60,485 ▲ 0.78% ETH 1,590 ▲ 0.83% SOL 72.24 ▲ 0.56% XRP 1.06 ▲ 1.54% BNB 563.32 ▼ 0.62% ADA 0.15 ▼ 0.34% DOGE 0.08 — 0.00% AVAX 6.57 ▼ 0.16% LINK 7.38 ▲ 0.51% DOT 0.84 ▼ 0.78% LTC 43.00 ▲ 2.76% BCH 197.60 ▲ 0.42% TRX 0.32 ▲ 0.05% XLM 0.18 ▼ 0.39% HBAR 0.07 ▲ 3.10% NEAR 1.85 ▲ 2.64% ATOM 1.60 ▲ 0.22% AAVE 97.95 ▲ 3.30% SELIC 14.25% EMBRAER 81.90 ▲ 0.99% EMBRAER ADR 63.75 ▲ 1.51% JBS 12.22 ▲ 1.58% JBS BDR 62.67 ▲ 0.87% MBRF3 17.10 ▲ 2.70% MBRFY 3.25 — 0.00% INTER 5.44 ▲ 3.82% EGX 51,443 ▼ 0.52% USD/ZAR 16.41 ▼ 0.47% USD/NGN 1,378 ▼ 0.09% NIKKEI 69,361 ▼ 4.15% CSI300 4,868 ▼ 3.03% HSI 22,672 ▼ 1.76% NIFTY 24,056 ▲ 0.14% KOSPI 8,411 ▼ 5.81% JCI 5,896 ▼ 1.72% USD/JPY 161.69 ▼ 0.06% USD/CNY 6.7897 ▲ 0.01% DAX 24,671 ▼ 1.29% CAC 8,385 ▼ 0.55% FTSE 10,508 ▼ 0.21% MIB 51,265 ▼ 1.00% IBEX 19,425 ▼ 0.45% STOXX 635.88 ▼ 0.68% EUR/USD 1.1390 ▲ 0.11% GBP/USD 1.3198 ▲ 0.01% SPX 7,354 ▼ 0.05% DJI 51,876 ▼ 0.09% NDX 29,118 ▼ 1.09% RUT 3,010 ▲ 0.07% TSX 34,980 ▲ 0.37% VIX 18.41 ▼ 2.54% USD/CAD 1.4194 ▲ 0.03% US10Y 4.3720 ▼ 0.46%
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Moderna patented component of Coronavirus three years before pandemic

By · February 25, 2022 · 2 min read

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Scientists have discovered genetic material in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, which was patented by vaccine manufacturer Moderna in 2016. The researchers’ discovery again supports the hypothesis that the Coronavirus originated in the laboratory.

The identified genetic code snippet was found at the furin cleavage site of the virus: The part of SARS-CoV-2 in which it differs significantly from other coronaviruses and thanks to which the virus can so successfully infect humans.

Stéphane Bancel, Moderna. (Photo internet reproduction)
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Even before that, because of this structure, it had been repeatedly argued that the virus must have originated in the laboratory: Some scientists doubted that it could have evolved naturally in this way.

The critical physicist Roland Wiesendanger also sees the unique furin cleavage site of SARS-CoV-2 as an important indication that the virus was produced artificially.

Moderna filed a patent application in February 2016. Researchers say the discovery cannot be a coincidence – the chance that it arose this way through natural evolution is one in three trillion.

Moderna filed the patent as part of its cancer research. According to the researchers’ analysis, the virus shares a sequence of 19 nucleotides in total with the said Moderna genome, twelve of which form the structure of the furin cleavage site. The sequence is part of a gene called MSH3, which affects how damaged cells in the body repair themselves.

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The study’s authors write that the genetic code may have entered the SARS-CoV-2 genome via infected human cells expressing the MSH3 gene.

University of Warwick virologist Professor Lawrence Young told the Daily Mail that the finding was not significant enough to indicate tampering with the virus in the lab – as “bizarre” as the finding is.

Nevertheless, he described the results as pure coincidence, which contradicts the researchers’ calculations. A corresponding letter in “the Lancet” provided early evidence that research into a possible laboratory origin of the Coronavirus was to be deliberately prevented.

With all the evidence of cover-ups by Anthony Fauci and other proponents of gain-of-function research, such cries of “it cannot be what must not be” have a bland aftertaste.

 

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