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Exclusive: Samples From Early Wuhan COVID Patients Had Genetically Modified Henipah, One of Two Types of Viruses Sent From Canadian Lab
theepochtimes.com ^ | 08.25.2021 | Omid Ghoreishi

Posted on 08/25/2021 5:17:39 PM PDT by rxsid

Exclusive: Samples From Early Wuhan COVID Patients Had Genetically Modified Henipah, One of Two Types of Viruses Sent From Canadian Lab

Samples from early Wuhan COVID-19 patients show the presence of genetically modified Henipah virus, an American scientist has found.

Henipah was one of the two types of viruses sent to China by Chinese-born scientists from a Canadian laboratory at the centre of a controversy over the firing of the scientists and collaboration with Chinese military researchers. It is not clear whether the virus found in the Chinese samples is related to the virus samples sent by the Canadian lab, which were shipped in late March 2019.

The finding was confirmed for The Epoch Times by another qualified scientist.

The evidence was first found by Dr. Steven Quay, a Seattle-based physician-scientist and former faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who looked at early COVID-19 samples uploaded by scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) shortly after China informed the World Health Organization about the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak.

The samples from the patients, who reportedly were found to have an “unknown pneumonia disease” in December 2019, were uploaded to the genetic sequence database, GenBank, on the website of the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH).

Quay says that while other scientists around the world were mostly interested in examining the genome of SARS-CoV-2 in the samples uploaded by the WIV scientists, he wanted to see what else was in the samples collected from the patients.

So he collaborated with a few other scientists to analyze sequences from the samples.

“We started fishing inside for weird things,” Quay told The Epoch Times.

What they found, he says, are the results of what could likely be contamination from different experiments in the lab making their way into the samples, as well as evidence of Henipah virus.

We found genetic manipulation of the Nipah virus, which is more lethal than Ebola.” Nipah is a type of Henipah virus.

The Epoch Times asked Joe Wang, PhD, who formerly spearheaded a vaccine development program for SARS in Canada with one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, to verify the finding. Wang is currently the president of NTD Television Canada, the sister company of The Epoch Times in Canada.

After examining the evidence, Wang said he was able to replicate Quay’s findings on the Henipah virus. He explains that the genetic manipulation of the virus was likely for the purposes of vaccine development.

Documents released by the Canadian government state that the WIV’s intended use of the virus samples sent by Canada was “stock virus culturing,” which in simpler terms means storing the viruses while keeping them alive. Genetic manipulation would not be within the scope of this description.

Winnipeg Lab

The firing of Chinese-born scientist Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, from the National Microbiology laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg has been the subject of much controversy in Canada, with opposition parties pressing the government for more details on the case, and the government refusing to release information citing national security and privacy concerns.

Qiu and Cheng along with several Chinese students were escorted out of the NML, Canada’s only lab designated at containment level 4—or P4, the highest level of biosafety—amid a police investigation in July 2019. The two scientists were formally fired in January 2021.

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), which is in charge of the NML, said the termination was the result of an “administrative matter” and “possible breaches of security protocols,” but has declined to provide further details, citing security and privacy concerns.

During her time at the NML, Qiu travelled several times to the WIV in an official capacity, helping train personnel on level 4 safety. The Globe and Mail later reported that scientists at the NML have been collaborating with Chinese military researchers on deadly pathogens, and that one of the Chinese military researchers worked at the high-security Winnipeg lab for a period of time.

Documents and emails released by PHAC show that the shipment of Henipah and Ebola samples was done with the permission of NML authorities.

In one of the emails sent in September 2018, David Safronetz, chief of special pathogens at PHAC, informs then-head of NML Matthew Gilmour and other lab administrators about the request from the WIV for the shipment of the samples, saying “I trust the lab.”

In response, Gilmour asks about the nature of the work that will be done at the Wuhan lab, and why the lab doesn’t get the material from “other, more local labs.” He also tells Safronetz that it’s “good to know that you trust this group,” asking how the NML was connected with the group.

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Despite repeated requests by the opposition parties for more details related to the firing of the two NML scientists, the Liberal government has refused to provide records, saying there are national security and privacy concerns.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid
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1 posted on 08/25/2021 5:17:39 PM PDT by rxsid
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To: LucyT; null and void; aragorn; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; Black Agnes; blueyon; Brown Deer; ...
Ping!

Exclusive: Samples From Early Wuhan COVID Patients Had Genetically Modified Henipah, One of Two Types of Viruses Sent From Canadian Lab

2 posted on 08/25/2021 5:18:15 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: rxsid

Oddly, the WHO couldn’t figure this out.


3 posted on 08/25/2021 5:19:53 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: rxsid
If the investigation can continue, we will find the U.S. taxpayers funded the SARS Cov-2 bio-weapon. Who is more culpable? Is it the financier or the launcher?
4 posted on 08/25/2021 5:26:38 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: rxsid

Is this in the report that Biden just received about Covid source?


5 posted on 08/25/2021 5:28:15 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: rxsid

“He explains that the genetic manipulation of the virus was likely for the purposes of vaccine development.”

Here’s a brilliant idea.
Leave the damned viruses alone!
Quit playing around and manipulating them and you WON’T NEED to develop a vaccine!

Buncha dumbasses they are!


6 posted on 08/25/2021 5:28:19 PM PDT by a real Sheila (I'm NOT anti-vax. Just asking questions. We should ALL be asking questions!)
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To: rxsid

Another step closer to putting Dr. FraudXi in prison.


7 posted on 08/25/2021 5:32:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: rxsid

My memory is sketchy on this but the guy who discovered that virus from australia has worked with bat lady ...i think writing of papers.


8 posted on 08/25/2021 5:32:55 PM PDT by RummyChick (Bagram was the most logical exit point. Stand up and justify your decision (hat tip Larrytown))
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To: a real Sheila

It was more likely for warfare.


9 posted on 08/25/2021 5:34:41 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: rxsid
"The Globe and Mail later reported that scientists at the NML have been collaborating with Chinese military researchers on deadly pathogens, and that one of the Chinese military researchers worked at the high-security Winnipeg lab for a period of time."

WTH?!!!!

10 posted on 08/25/2021 5:37:14 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix circa 1984.)
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To: a real Sheila

If I may... Um, I’ll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you’re using here, it didn’t require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn’t earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don’t take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could, and before you even knew what you had, you patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now...you’re selling it, you wanna sell it.”

Dr. Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park


11 posted on 08/25/2021 5:37:23 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: rxsid

It’s beginning to look like the virus is a witches brew of nasty ingredients. On the bright side, those whose immune systems have beaten the virus may end up with antibodies that can destroy just about anything!


12 posted on 08/25/2021 5:39:07 PM PDT by JoeRed
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To: RummyChick

https://richardsonpost.com/howellwoltz/17314/disaster-funded-by-fauci-partnered-with-australia-run-by-chinas-bat-lady-dr-shi/

https://www.news.com.au/national/csiro-worked-with-coronaviruses-and-bats-with-chinese-scientists/video/d348f08f3abffe6ccad0d8a577bb9918


13 posted on 08/25/2021 5:42:27 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: rxsid

Interesting. What are the odds that some of this genetic code would be created naturally through the gain of function or whatever other processes they used in the lab?

I remember back in the first weeks of Pandemic, there were news reports saying that they also saw markers of HIV in the virus but I don’t know what became of that or if it is ‘debunked’.


14 posted on 08/25/2021 5:48:21 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Eagles6
""The Globe and Mail later reported that scientists at the NML have been collaborating with Chinese military researchers on deadly pathogens, and that one of the Chinese military researchers worked at the high-security Winnipeg lab for a period of time."

WTH?!!!!

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Yeah. No wonder they've all been trying their best to hide the origins of this thing.

Many people, in this country alone, should be spending some serious time in prison for what they've done.

15 posted on 08/25/2021 5:52:00 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: iontheball
>>Who is more culpable? Is it the financier or the launcher?<<

All of them. Those who financed this, those who performed the gain of function testing, those who conspired to lie, censor, manipulate the true origins, effective preventative medications and treatments. FB, Twitter, Google, Youtube all conspired to manipulate the truth and provide cover for the leftist.

16 posted on 08/25/2021 5:54:40 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Eagles6

Same exact lab was involved in acquiring samples of US service members, which were flown to China. Skme were caught in the airport on the way out. No joke!

Yep!

Nothing to see here folks!
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Hey, look over there.... In other shiny object news today, the Uniparty has nominated Buyden as a genius for how he has handled Afghanistan! And a rain storm caused by global warming hit the Northeast, and they could have all died! And in other news, the Buyden FBI has proven white racism is a thing somewhere // almost sarcasm


17 posted on 08/25/2021 5:56:37 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: Eagles6; All

Same exact lab was involved in acquiring samples of US service members BLOOD, which were flown to China. SOME were caught in the airport on the way out. No joke!

Yep!

Nothing to see here folks!
______

Hey, look over there.... In other shiny object news today, the Uniparty has nominated Buyden as a genius for how he has handled Afghanistan! And a rain storm caused by global warming hit the Northeast, and they could have all died! And in other news, the Buyden FBI has proven white racism is a thing somewhere // almost sarcasm


18 posted on 08/25/2021 6:00:10 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: patriotfury

Something supernefarious is going on and apparently the US (Fauchi) and Canada, at the very least, are helping China do it.


19 posted on 08/25/2021 6:03:38 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix circa 1984.)
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To: monkeyshine

Abstract
We are currently witnessing a major epidemic caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The evolution of 2019-nCoV remains elusive. We found 4 insertions in the spike glycoprotein (S) which are unique to the 2019-nCoV and are not present in other coronaviruses. Importantly, amino acid residues in all the 4 inserts have identity or similarity to those in the HIV-1 gp120 or HIV-1 Gag. Interestingly, despite the inserts being discontinuous on the primary amino acid sequence, 3D-modelling of the 2019-nCoV suggests that they converge to constitute the receptor binding site. The finding of 4 unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV, all of which have identity /similarity to amino acid residues in key structural proteins of HIV-1 is unlikely to be fortuitous in nature. This work provides yet unknown insights on 2019-nCoV and sheds light on the evolution and pathogenicity of this virus with important implications for diagnosis of this virus.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927871v1


20 posted on 08/25/2021 6:04:38 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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