(From the article):" Scientists in Communist China are launching new experiments after discovering a batch of new viruses that could potentially infect humans.
The never-before-seen viruses were found by Chinese scientists on a tropical island.
The researchers who discovered the viruses were tasked by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with preparing the world for future pandemics."
"They took almost 700 samples from rodents living in Hainan, just off China’s southern coast.
Eight novel viruses were uncovered in the CCP-funded project.
One of the viruses belongs to the same family as Covid, researchers revealed."
"Experts said the discovered pathogens had a “high probability” of infecting humans should they ever cross the species barrier."
"As a result, they called for further experiments on the viruses to determine exactly what their effects on humans could be.
The findings of the study were shared in the journal Virologica Sinica,
the publishing arm of the Chinese Society for Microbiology (CSM)."
"CSM is linked to the state-affiliated China Association of Science and Technology, which “accepts administrative supervision” from the CCP’s “Ministry of Civil Affairs.”
"Virologica Sinica is also edited by Dr. Shi Zhengli, an influential scientist described as China’s “bat woman” who works inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
The Wuhan lab is widely considered to be the source of the Covid pandemic.
The journal’s editorial board also features over a dozen other academics linked to the WIV.
"MailOnline reported earlier this year how the same journal controversially claimed that new virus samples from bats in Hainan proved Covid wasn’t engineered in a lab.
The claim was, however, dismissed by independent experts.
Nope. The Wuhan Institute of Virology is located several miles from the epicenter of the outbreak. The outbreak occurred at the Huanan seafood market. It happened because the Chinese have the practice of catching wild animals and selling them in live markets. That is an open invitation to bring zoonotic (animal origin) pathogens into a human population. SARS-CoV-2 infection at the Huanan seafood market.
The importance of identifying viruses that can potentially infect humans is so that we can be better prepared for outbreaks. When SARS-CoV-2 first crossed into humans, it was actually identified fairly rapidly because scientists had already determined that coronaviruses can have the properties of a pandemic pathogen. But what about other viruses that we might not even know exist at this time? What happens if one of those viruses crosses into humans? How will we identify them? How will we know if they are potentially pandemic capable? The more we know ahead of time, the more prepared we will be. And another pandemic will happen--history shows us that they have been sporadic occurrences for as long as humans have recorded history.