Novel coronavirus introduced to humans in exotic animal meat market.

US intelligence has stated that the virus was not manmade or engineered.

US intelligence considers possibility of accidental escape of coronavirus from Wuhan laboratories
Washington [USA], May 2 (ANI): The US intelligence community has released an assessment concluding that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 originated in China and said an investigation is underway to determine whether the virus had escaped from the complex of laboratories in Wuhan.

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Looks like somebody got their marching orders about blaming China and setting the CIA to work. China supplies PPE and drug feedstocks to America and right now might not be the best time to hold China's feet to the fire. The scientific community won't go along with the lab bullshit, other countries won't support this lie either, it will hurt America in the short term with vital supplies and in the long term with its credibility. They are burning down a lot of media contacts and destroying their power to influence opinion over the long term.

It's up to an international body to hold China accountable, not America and now is not the time for this bullshit, it's just more Trump deflection. It takes planning and preparation to deal with China, and in the middle of dealing with a pandemic is not the time to do it, especially when they have ya by the balls for medical supplies.

Here is what google news shows for their efforts.

Public health officials take seriously new research that children may not be superspreaders after all

Survey of Australian coronavirus cases at schools shows almost no transmission to other kids

What Australian researchers are calling the first survey on children and the spread of COVID-19 in the classroom is turning heads in Canada.

The preliminary data, which has not yet been peer reviewed, suggests kids in Australia are not so-called superspreaders as they're frequently called by epidemiologists when it comes to influenza.

In fact, the report suggests they're not very good at spreading the coronavirus at all.

"Contrary to what we thought, in relation to influenza — that they become very large transmitters of the disease in the population — this does not necessarily seem to be the case," said Quebec's chief medical officer, Dr. Horacio Arruda, at a news conference last week.

Arruda has been fielding concern and criticism from journalists, teachers and parents worried about sending their kids back to class beginning in Quebec May 11 outside Montreal and May 19 on the island.

"There is still caution to be taken, that's why we don't put them all back together, glued on top of each other, and we want distancing, but I don't think that we put our children in significant risk in connection with COVID-19," Arruda said.

On Friday, Canada's chief medical officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, said the federal government is reviewing the data on the same Australian research.

Australian findings
From the beginning of the pandemic, one of COVID-19's distinct characteristics has been its unusually small impact on the vast majority of children.

In Ontario, only 2.3 per cent of confirmed cases are in children under 19.

Researchers are now trying to understand whether children — known for touching everything and everyone in their environment — remain carriers of the disease. It's a critical question for decisions on reopening schools.
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Crazy article in Newsweek. Suggests SARS-CoV-2 was actually created and even implicates Fauci. See for yourself.

DR. FAUCI BACKED CONTROVERSIAL WUHAN LAB WITH MILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS FOR RISKY CORONAVIRUS RESEARCH

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abandonconflict said:

Crazy article in Newsweek. Suggests SARS-CoV-2 was actually created and even implicates Fauci. See for yourself.

Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab with U.S. Dollars

Biomedical research ultimately helps protect public health, Dr. Fauci argued in explaining his support for controversial research.

www.newsweek.com

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The comments are pretty epic on it too:



If history is any indicator, it's usually the scientists that pay the price of working with dictators.

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The comments are pretty epic on it too:
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If history is any indicator, it's usually the scientists that pay the price of working with dictators.

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Fauci won't want for job offers, it would be America's loss. The last time I checked it was the house that funded this and they provide oversight, Trump fired most of the inspector generals in the government already. Blame China while tarring Fauci and removing a thorn in Donald's side, someone might give him his own show to disseminate accurate information and sound policy on the pandemic, his ratings would go through the roof as would his salary, Donald would be green with envy.

Spike mutation pipeline reveals the emergence of a more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2

Summary We have developed an analysis pipeline to facilitate real-time mutation tracking in SARS-CoV-2, focusing initially on the Spike (S) protein because it mediates infection of human cells and is the target of most vaccine strategies and antibody-based therapeutics. To date we have identified fourteen mutations in Spike that are accumulating. Mutations are considered in a broader phylogenetic context, geographically, and over time, to provide an early warning system to reveal mutations that may confer selective advantages in transmission or resistance to interventions. Each one is evaluated for evidence of positive selection, and the implications of the mutation are explored through structural modeling. The mutation Spike D614G is of urgent concern; it began spreading in Europe in early February, and when introduced to new regions it rapidly becomes the dominant form. Also, we present evidence of recombination between locally circulating strains, indicative of multiple strain infections. These finding have important implications for SARS-CoV-2 transmission, pathogenesis and immune interventions.