say the wuhan lab experiments were, nonetheless, risky whether or not they fit that category, and obviously the chinese government is not a good faith partner. they re not allowing transparency or a real investigation. so as a matter of policy going forward, given that the chinese government won t allow any real investigation, do you still think the u.s. government should collaborate with labs like wuhan, especially on research that experts consider risky? well, you know, jake, if you go back to when this research really started and look at the scientific rationale for it, it was a peer-reviewed proposal that was peer reviewed and given a very high rating for the importance of why it should be done, to be able to go and do a survey of what was going on among the bat population. everyone in the world was trying to figure out what the original source of the original sars-cov-1 was.
trying to find out what the precise environmental bat sources of sars cov 1. so it was research by qualified people. there s all of this thing about china. that is a different situation now. back then when you re dealing with qualified highly respected chinese scientists. so it is what was made out to be about dealing with really bad people. because those scientists were well-respected in the scientific community. internationally. you can just ask neil: but doctor, i know you ve been asked and got heated. in retrospect looking back at that funding role, do you regret that? not that any of your decisions might have led to the outbreak of a virus over which you have argued many times you d have nothing to do with, but it shows
Editorial: The COVID lab leak theory is still probably wrong
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An aerial view of the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.Hector Retamal/AFP/TNS
Based on the recent ravings of such virological giants as Jon Stewart and Donald Trump, a casual observer might think critical evidence had emerged to support the notion that the novel coronavirus escaped from a Chinese lab or to refute the suspicion that it entered the human population the way of countless predecessors, by naturally spilling over from bats or other species. But the recent resurgence of the so-called lab leak theory among journalists, politicians and scientists largely outside the relevant fields means less than it seems to.
ukraine, and he will also plan to raise belarus and convey our grave concerns as he has now done publicly. the united states is calling for another investigation into the origins of the coronavirus, but this time experts want an independent and transparent probe with no restrictions, unlike the world health organization s four-week trip to china earlier this year. in a meeting on tuesday dr. anthony fauci and other officials noted further inspection is critical to preventing future pandemics. many of us feel that it is more likely that this is a natural occurrence as has happened with sars co v 1 but we don t know 100% the answer to
Why some COVID strains are more infectious than others
A team of researchers has discovered one reason that likely makes SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, so much more infectious than SARS-CoV-1, which caused the 2003 SARS outbreak.
| 1 March 2021 8:22 AM GMT
NEW YORK: A team of researchers has discovered one reason that likely makes SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, so much more infectious than SARS-CoV-1, which caused the 2003 SARS outbreak.
The coronaviruses that cause SARS and COVID-19 have spike proteins that move into active and inactive positions, and the study indicates how those molecular movements may make the COVID-19 virus more infectious compared to the SARS virus, according to researchers, including one of Indian-origin named Vivek Govind Kumar.