> These mutations tend to de-fang the spike protein, which was engineered by humans to have multiple toxic effects.

Are they claiming what I think they're claiming? And they're just gonna drop that bombshell in passing?

If you read the article, the claim was made further up with a link to posts why the author believes it. Quote:

> This spike protein was engineered in a bioweapons lab[1] to be toxic in multiple ways

Claims seems surprisingly coherent and detailed, though I have serious doubts WRT author's selective perception bias.

[1] https://joshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com/2020/04/21/where-did-...