really talking about what we learned from sars in 2003. unlike 99.9% of the people who are spouting off right now about the origins of covid, i was there. i was in the animal markets. i saw in guanjo where the virus came from. i tracked it through guanjo, through the restaurant industry all the way up to taiwan to a corrupt party official and spread it and took it with his driver who died driving him to a hospital in beijing and traced the whole pattern of how it spread. and that definitely came from animals. it was definitely about sivits and definitely about bats. we have to stop lying and we have to figure out where it came from so we can prevent future pan dem mix. always great to talk to you. you are the first person to ever
we can actually trace back in time by looking at the genetic tree of diversity of new strains of covid as we go over time, and we can see that there were already two very distinct patterns of distribution back in january, the wuhan. and so that tells us that there were two different strains of circulation going on, probably in different animal markets, not just the one animal market. wuhan had several live animal markets. and, you know, i want to remind people that one of the things that really has distressed me is that a lot of the conversation is about bogus findings in laboratories where one group, nicolas wade former new york times reporter will say there s this particular little spot in the genome of the virus that can only happen if you manipulate it, it can t happen in nature. that turns out to be completely bogus. multiple versions of coronavirus is with that specific change exist in nature. what bothers me is that nobody s
so it could have been very well-intentioned activities, at the wuhan institute of virology. that could have sparked this pandemic. but when you say that it could be, could be, could be. does that mean that you have ruled out that it could have just been one of those animal markets? or whatever? you know, that the other explanation is other than a plan accident? so certainly, the animal market. the wuhan wet market. i think most people have ruled that out. and it was clear, last january, that that was essentially a lie. it was published in the lancet in january 2020. that 40% of the first cases had no contact with the the wuhan wet market. and so, that was certainly, for me, what peaked my interest because i was asking, early-last year, why would the chinese government be lying about about something like this? that s an interesting point, though. let s let me just let me just finish. go ahead. go ahead. okay. yeah. so, in terms of could it be
just been one of those animal markets? or whatever? you know, that the other explanation is other than a plan accident? so certainly, the animal market. the wuhan wet market. i think most people have ruled that out. and it was clear, last january, that that was essentially a lie. it was published in the lancet in january 2020. that 40% of the first cases had no contact with the the wuhan wet market. and so, that was certainly, for me, what peaked my interest because i was asking, early-last year, why would the chinese government be lying about about something like this? that s an interesting point, though. let s let me just let me just finish. go ahead. go ahead. okay. yeah. so, in terms of could it be an could it be what we call a zoonotic jump? between animals to hosts in the wild. absolutely, it could be. past outbreaks have happened in that way. past outbreaks have happened
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A large numbers of poultry animals have been culled to avoid the risk of Bird Flu. Photo credit - World Animal Protection (Taken for reference from Deposit Photos)
Bird Flu or Inhumane Farming; Animals in Farms are at a Higher Risk of Diseases ANI | Updated: Jan 13, 2021 16:34 IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): World Animal Protection has received appalling reports that large numbers of poultry animals have been culled and more are being planned to avoid the risk of Bird Flu spread.
World Animal Protection is aware that huge number of chickens are being culled without following OIE recommended guidelines. We strongly condemn inhumane methods of culling of chickens for disease control purposes. With Bird flu spreading around the country, all available resources must be put into ensuring that affected animals are treated humanely.