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| Wuhan lab admits to having 3 strains of bat coronavirus on-site |
| 2020-05-25 |
| [JPost] "Now we have three strains of live viruses… But their highest similarity to SARS-CoV-2 [the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19] only reaches 79.8%... It's an obvious difference." "Til we dicked with it, then went out for lunch"? The Wuhan Institute for Virology has admitted to having three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, though the lab insists that none are the source of the current coronavirus pandemic, AFP reported. The lab's director, Wang Yanyi, said in an interview aired Saturday that the lab has "isolated and obtained some coronaviruses from bats" since 2004, AFP reported. "Now we have three strains of live viruses… But their highest similarity to SARS-CoV-2 [the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19] only reaches 79.8%... It's an obvious difference." While it is commonly accepted among scientists that the coronavirus outbreak began in the Wuhan wet markets, where a wide range of live animals are sold and kept in close proximity, the Wuhan lab has been speculated by some to be a potential source. Analysis of the first 41 COVID-19 patients in medical journal the Lancet found that 27 of them had direct exposure to the Wuhan wet market. But the same analysis found that the first known case of the illness did not. These theories became more widespread in recent months, with many high ranking lawmakers and officials among the Republican Party in the US – including US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – accusing the lab of poor safety conditions that could have accidentally sparked the outbreak. Though biologists have confirmed that the virus was not man-made, theories have been floated that the virus may have accidentally escaped from the Wuhan lab, which had been studying bat-related coronaviruses. Uh huh |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #9 Murc, grand point! |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2020-05-25 21:35 |
| #8 Only correct answer: Go for it. We will pay $250,000.00 for each dead American, extracted from Chinese holdings of US Treasury bonds. And we won't shut down our economy next time, but we will shut down yours. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-05-25 21:01 |
| #7 War. War Never Changes. well, maybe it does sometimes |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-05-25 09:49 |
| #6 Probing attack yielded delightful results, better than expected: American leaders responded by crippling the US economy, destroying $10 trillion of GDP, are on track to kill as many or more Americans as the virus will, and by (almost) destroying OrangeMan's re-election. = Success beyond the CCP's wildest dreams. Rinse and repeat. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-25 08:20 |
| #5 Next time they will get the word out quickly so the lockdowns can start sooner... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-05-25 06:53 |
| #4 /\ Of course they are. How could a reasonably thinking man assume or believe otherwise. The field trials were a huge success. The categorical denials and follow-up disinformation campaign did lag a bit however. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-05-25 06:31 |
| #3 You really believe they're not working on CV20 right now? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-05-25 04:34 |
| #2 Was four until one escaped to the wet market and had to be eliminated to cover our ass. FIFY. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2020-05-25 02:06 |
| #1 Was four until one had to be eliminated. |
| Posted by: Phugum Spump3764 2020-05-25 01:49 |