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New coronavirus with potential to cause pandemic discovered in China
Daily Mail ^ | 2-21-25 | Alexa Lardieri

Posted on 02/21/2025 10:14:53 AM PST by Strict9

The new virus is even closer related to MERS, a deadlier type of coronavirus that kills up to a third of people it infects.

Virologist Shi Zhengli, known as 'Batwoman' for her work on coronaviruses, led the discovery, published in a top scientific journal.

Tests showed HKU5-CoV-2 infiltrated human cells in the same way as SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid.

Sharing their discovery in the journal Cell, the Beijing-funded researchers admitted it posed a 'high risk of spillover to humans, either through direct transmission or facilitated by intermediate hosts.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Education
KEYWORDS: china; chinavirus; coronavirus; newstrain
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New coronavirus with potential to cause pandemic discovered in China

It just needs a little tweaking.

21 posted on 02/21/2025 5:51:02 PM PST by arthurus (covfefe L|)
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