Posted on 02/23/2020 4:29:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The novel coronavirus that has claimed the lives of more than 2,400 people did not originate at a seafood market in the central China city of Wuhan as was first thought, according to a new study by a team of Chinese scientists.
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was instead imported from elsewhere, said researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Institute for Brain Research.
The team, led by Dr Yu Wenbin, sequenced the genomic data of 93 SARS-CoV-2 samples provided by 12 countries in a bid to track down the source of the infection and understand how it spreads.
What they found was that while the virus had spread rapidly within the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, there had also been two major population expansions on December 8 and January 6.
According to the study, which was published on the institutes website on Thursday, analysis suggested that the coronavirus was introduced from outside the market.
The crowded market then boosted SARS-CoV-2 circulation and spread it to the whole city in early December 2019, it said.
Earlier reports by Chinese health authorities and the World Health Organisation said that the first known patient showed symptoms on December 8, and that most of the subsequent cases had links to the seafood market, which was closed on January 1.
The research went on to say that based on the genome data it was possible that the virus began spreading from person to person in early December or even as early as late November.
The study concerning whether Huanan market is the only birthplace of SARS-CoV-2 is of great significance for finding its source and determining the intermediate host, so as to control the epidemic and prevent it from spreading again,
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Here is the PDF for the study:
TITLE: THE POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF THE 2019-nCov CORONAVIRUS
by BoTao Xiao and Lei Xiao
ABSTRACT:
The 2019-nCoV has caused an epidemic of 28,060 laboratory-confirmed infections in human including 564 deaths in China by February 6, 2020. Two descriptions of the virus published on Nature this week indicated that the genome sequences from patients were almost identical to the Bat CoV ZC45 coronavirus. It was critical to study where the pathogen came from and how it passed onto human. An article published on The Lancet reported that 27 of 41 infected patients were found to have contact with the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan.
We noted two laboratories conducting research on bat coronavirus in Wuhan, one of which was only 280 meters from the seafood market. We briefly examined the histories of the laboratories and proposed that the coronavirus probably originated from a laboratory. Our proposal provided an alternative origin of the coronavirus in addition to natural recombination and intermediate host.
Go look up the story about the Harvard chemistry and bio chair getting arrested with two Chinese nationals.
So say the Chinese authorities. Well, if the Chinese say 1+1=2, Id seriously consider 1+1 being 3.
I know who you are referring to — Harvard Professor of Chemistry, Charles Lieber.
It is unclear what his research was all about. Is it Bioweapons? His field is Nano technology. He is known for his contributions to the synthesis, assembly and characterization of nanoscale materials and nanodevices.
RE: So say the Chinese authorities. Well, if the Chinese say 1+1=2, Id seriously consider 1+1 being 3.
They said that the virus DID NOT originate from the Wuhan Seafood Market as originally presented to the public.
SO, you believe that what was originally presented to the public was indeed correct?
It started in San Francisco and was carried by seamen to China.
RE: It started in San Francisco and was carried by seamen to China.
So, why aren’t we seeing any major outbreaks in San Francisco, where thousands of rats live with the homeless who spit, pee and poop on the streets?
Sounds fishy.
As some ancient astronaut theorists believe.
Just being facetious!
Yes, he is involved with bio-weapons too. Nano technologies are also big in the CBRNE world.
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They are going to blame us.
Of course! That’s why the SCMP just *had* to come out with this agitprop.
Here it comes...............
Democrats will work hand in hand with Chinese officials to blame it on Trump...
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