GOF known 18 months ago by team in India

Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927871v2

Dr. Fauci holds patents on at least one of the new proteins; HIV-1 gp120.

https://patents.justia.com/inventor/anthony-s-fauci