"Chinese Scientists Develop Lethal Mutant COVID-19 Variant with 100% Mortality Rate"

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"Chinese Scientists Develop Lethal Mutant COVID-19 Variant with 100% Mortality Rate"
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Chinese scientists have engineered a mutant COVID-19 strain, GX_P2V, which caused a 100% mortality rate in humanized mice due to late-stage brain infection. The virus is a mutated version of a coronavirus cousin discovered in Malaysian pangolins in 2017. Experts have criticized the research as "terrible" and "scientifically totally pointless," expressing concerns about biosafety precautions.

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