Will a new wild sarbecoronavirus be observed with an evolved furin cleavage site before 2030?
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Resolves positive if a peer reviewed publication finds a sarbecoronavirus not descended from SARS-Cov-2 with a furin cleavage site which evolved naturally - not through serial passage or in a lab environment.
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