Post Covid thread, mop up duty.

the "lab leak" conspiracy theorists aren't happy about THIS - LOL
 
cecilia said:
the "lab leak" conspiracy theorists aren't happy about THIS - LOL
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Fauci fans are - it takes the heat off of how US research money was being spent in China. The whole thing still smells though and this study is not a slam dunk.
 

Weird SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in mink suggests hidden source of virus in the wild​

The lineage had not been seen in the area for over two years.​

Minks are seen at a farm in Gjol, northern Denmark, on October 9, 2020.


Between September to January of this year, mink in three Polish farms tested positive for the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2— presenting a concerning mystery as to how the animals became infected.

SARS-CoV-2 infections in mink aren't particularly noteworthy or concerning on their own; it's well established that mink are susceptible to the virus. The realization early in the pandemic resulted in extensive culls in Denmark and the Netherlands during 2020 and led to intensive monitoring and regulation of remaining mink herds in many places, including Poland.

But the recent cases in Polish mink, reported this week in the journal Eurosurveillance, are unusual. While previous mink outbreaks have linked to infected farmworkers and local circulation of the virus—indicating human-to-mink spread—none of the farm workers or families in the recently affected farms tested positive for the virus. In fact, health investigators found that the infected mink carried a strain of SARS-CoV-2 that has not been seen in humans in the region in more than two years (B.1.1.307).

The finding suggests that humans were not responsible for infecting the mink—at least not directly. Rather, it suggests that another unknown species may have been stealthily harboring and spreading the otherwise bygone strain for some time and managed to carry it onto the mink farms.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
Such bad luck. Looks like a bunch of Wuhan Intitute of Virology gain of function researchers were among the first people to contract this virus. Maybe they were picked it up from Raccoon Dogs at the wet market while on a lunch break.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1668661229727150081
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"Next week, the Directorate of National Intelligence is expected to release previously classified material, which may include the names of the three WIV scientists who were the likely among the first to be sickened by SARS-CoV-2. A bill signed by President Biden earlier this year specifically called for the release of the names and roles of the sick researchers at the WIV...."

Interesting development but holy-moly, the writing style for much of that Tweet is a case study in how to make your claims appear dubious:

"strong new evidence has emerged...."
"Sources within the US government say..."
"When a source was asked..."
"Sources tell Public and Racket.."
"... an anonymous U.S. State Department investigator..."
 
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