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Second Rootclaim Debate on Covid Origins, part 2 -- The Case For a Natural Origin

By dk48…kdyr January 4, 2024 · Edited July 18, 2026
Rootclaim is an organization that tries to answer controversial questions through probabilistic analysis. They offer a "Rootclaim Challenge" for anyone willing to challenge their conclusions. The challenger must make a $100,000 bet and hold a debate in front of two neutral judges. If both judges agree on the same decision, then the winner takes home $100,000. Peter Miller challenged Rootclaim to a debate on the origins of Covid. This is the second debate in a three debate series, with an emph
Second Rootclaim Debate on Covid Origins, part 2 -- The Case For a Natural Origin

Source: Second Rootclaim Debate on Covid Origins, part 2 – The Case For a Natural Origin
Channel: Peter Miller
Published: January 4, 2024 | Archived: July 18, 2026

Video: Second Rootclaim Debate on Covid Origins, part 2 – The Case For a Natural Origin
Channel: Peter Miller
Published: January 4, 2024
Duration: 1:31:05
Views: 4,139
Category: Science & Technology
Video ID: FLnXVflOjMo

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Rootclaim is an organization that tries to answer controversial questions through probabilistic analysis.

They offer a “Rootclaim Challenge” for anyone willing to challenge their conclusions. The challenger must make a $100,000 bet and hold a debate in front of two neutral judges. If both judges agree on the same decision, then the winner takes home $100,000.

Peter Miller challenged Rootclaim to a debate on the origins of Covid.

This is the second debate in a three debate series, with an emphasis on discussion of genetic engineering, and whether or not the SARS-CoV-2 virus appears to be engineered. Rootclaim nominated Yuri Deigin as their representative, for this session.

0:00 Perception of the WIV vs Reality 2:39 Defining terms: spikes and backbones 4:22 Which virus was used to create SARS-CoV-2? 5:16 RATG-13 11:12 Did the WIV have a secret virus that could be used to create SARS-CoV-2? 15:48 Explaining furin cleavage sites 19:44 Was the furin cleavage site inserted? 22:32 The FCS in SARS-CoV-2 is suboptimal and doesn’t match any other experiments. 31:50 12 nucleotide insertions can happen naturally 39:30 CGG codons 48:40 Is SARS-CoV-2 pre-adapted to humans? 56:45 The pangolin chimera lab leak theory 59:26 Could you make SARS-CoV-2 in cell culture? 1:02:49 Could you make SARS-CoV-2 in humanized mice? 1:03:46 The DEFUSE grant 1:08:00 Lineage A/Lineage B 1:11:50 proCov2 1:17:40 polytomies and 2 spillovers 1:22:52 odds that covid was 1 introduction vs 2 1:28:50 Did lineage B spread faster than lineage A?

Peter’s slides are available here: http://tinyurl.com/23vy386c

Transcript — English (auto-generated, origin language)

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