I speak french, from your link
INVITÉ RTL - Alors que la théorie du professeur Luc Montagnier fait beaucoup parler d'elle, le responsable de l'unité virus et immunité à l'Institut Pasteur Olivier Schwartz a réfuté cette idée.
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RTL GUEST - While the theory of Professor Luc Montagnier is much talked about, the head of the virus and immunity unit at the Pasteur Institute Olivier Schwartz refuted this idea.
I believe the origin of the Chinese scientist did conspiracy theories stem from this conversation.
The effects of Covid-19 on the human body ‘is like a combination of SARS and AIDS as it damages both the lungs and immune systems’, Peng Zhiyong told the Global Times.
Dr Zhiyong, director of Zhongnan Hospital’s intensive care unit in outbreak epicentre Wuhan, made the comments after speaking to forensic specialist Liu Lang, whose team has reportedly carried out tests on nine patients who had died of the virus.
He added: ‘Based on the results, I think the most important thing now is to take measures at an early stage of the disease to protect patients’ lungs from irreversible fibrosis.’
Coronavirus 'is like a combination of SARS and AIDS', doctors say | Metro News
In other words, (as stated above, there is no dna to play with but) it can behave like hiv