We spoke to the scientists there. We heard that scientists' blood samples, which are routinely taken and stored, were tested for signs they had been infected. No evidence of antibodies to the coronavirus was found. We looked at their biosecurity audits. No evidence.— which had been detected in caves in southern China where some miners had died seven years previously.
But all the scientists had was a genetic sequence for this virus. They hadn't managed to grow it in culture. While viruses certainly do escape from laboratories, this is rare.When I say "we", the mission was a joint exercise between the WHO and the Chinese health commission. In all, there were 17 Chinese and ten international experts, plus seven other experts and support staff from various agencies.
We looked at the clinical epidemiology , the molecular epidemiology , and the role of animals and the environment.The clinical epidemiology group alone looked at China's records of 76,000 episodes from more than 200 institutions of anything that could have resembled COVID-19 — such as influenza-like illnesses, pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses.
They found no clear evidence of substantial circulation of COVID-19 in Wuhan during the latter part of 2019 before the first case.Our mission to China was only phase one. We are due to publish our official report in the coming weeks. Investigators will also look further afield for data, to investigate evidence the virus was circulating in Europe, for instance, earlier in 2019.
Investigators will continue to test wildlife and other animals in the region for signs of the virus. And we'll continue to learn from our experiences to improve how we investigate the next pandemic.
GDTVhazza my Aussie friend told me that if you wanna watch live news ，7 clock in the morning abc news only. no channel 9，no sky News LOL
Probably a bit like those family easter egg hunts where mum and dad make sure that there are plenty of eggs that the little kids will be able to find without looking too hard.
That doesn’t sound very objective. Perhaps it’s just the way the story was told.
They had a year to cover it up
Thanks Professor.
Those who have bashed scientists from WHO, and this independent team for their professional work, time to show some respect. To defeat this pandemic, to convince people about vaccines, to persuade them about shutdown rules, we need, not celebrity, not politician, but scientists.
billbirtles Do you seriously believe this Potemkin farce? The Chinese government had the best part of a year to create the perfect facade, only to be confirmed by hand-picked WHO investigators. Shameful lack of scepticism there.
I like this article because it's honest. Sadly, we can't say the same for China.
Where did the virus come from? Well, we don’t know. How did it start? This is being studied. What did we find? Well we’re looking at all aspects. Were the wet markets responsible? Well, maybe. Was it zoonotic transfer? Well, maybe. When will we find out? This is being looked at.
billbirtles I'll summarize it as 'China told us there was no virus in the lab, so it can't be that, and next we'll follow up on their suggestion it started in Europe'. Great analysis, we're not sending our best.
Dominic I’m sorry for all the comments questioning your credibility and professionalism
Correct me if I m wrong but this article is quite interesting. It basically says there is no evidence supporting any of the theories but they find 1. “zoonotic”, almost certain, no matter how statistically unlikely; …
With the amount of genomic sequencing going on around the world, blaming bio labs and other nonsense has been refuted. It is our lack of response to the pandemic, not its origins, that contain important lessons.
One of the most important questions is: why did the Chinese government not warn other countries in December 2019 and early January 2020 about COVID19 ?
I only want to know if they did go to Karaoe this time, and which girls did PeterDaszak play with while having Karaoke juice.
That’s not an analysis. That’s a list of what’s shown to them.
If Chinese government had been cooperating on day one and allowed investigators to visit site on first opportunity, then the conclusion that the virus didn't escape from a lab would have been more belieavable. Since that didn't happen, my question is, can the WHO team absolutely
The absolute dumb fuckery of comments here should not surprise
GDTVhazza USA, Italy, Spain which were reported virus earlier in 2019 need to open up their labs and let WHO to investigate. Whichever country refused to do so means it is hiding their secret.
I read this as 'The Australian Doctor Who'... And thought, 'Nah, I can't see it... 'I'm The Doctor, this is my TARDIS, g'day... Yeah mate, no wuckin furries, we'll beat those Daleks....!''
If Chinese government had been cooperating on day one and allowing investigators to visit site on first opportunity, then the conclusion that the virus didn't escape from a lab would have been more belieavable. Now my question is, if Chinese government had tampered with the site,
GDTVhazza Wow, now we got the answer from this WHO group of scientists from many countries. It said extremely impossible from Wuhan lab which gave a slap to those faker faces. Next is, Europe and America should openly let them investigate, what are they afraid for?
IT IS SO RIDICULOUS FOR YOU NOT HEADING UP TO USA! CHINA SO SOFT TO YOU vs US TOO HARSH TO YOU. Because US is your dad and Aussie you are his stupid dog! 🤮
What would happen to this WHO employee if he told the truth, like how restrictive and NOT open the Chinese Govt was? Why would he believe the blood samples supposedly from the WIV scientists which tested negative for antibodies were actually blood from WIV scientists? Bullsh/t
The bat flew from Fujian to Wuhan, the distance is 2,000 km. I don't know if you are pretending to be confused, ignorant or you are talking about the mythology of Batman。
As an Australian you would think he would tell the real truth about what happened over there.
So you found no evidence it came from a bat but concluded that it came from a bat? OK. Sounds legit.
The WHO and UN as useless as eachother. Corrupted to the core
This guy would have a nice suitcase of cash on his arrival and told to shut up and keep quiet, otherwise it’s the meat beater for him and his WHO buddies
Its a pity (1) it took a year for WHO to investigate China’s role (2) who criticised countries that closed borders (3) delayed calling a pandemic thereby shielding China! Its tike to totally gut the WHO & start again. It has no credibility.
You saw and heard exactly what the CCP wanted you to see and hear. Nothing more, nothing less. stooges
traces of Pino clean ?
I put this into Google translate and it gave back, 'We found whatever the Chinese government wanted us to find and were too scared to really investigate anything' weird.
Paid off or threatened?
What they served you, no?