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“Government regulators have no idea how often laboratories working with some of the world’s most dangerous viruses and bacteria are failing to fully kill vials of specimens before sending them to other researchers who lack critical gear to protect them against infection, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.” (9/21/16)
Instead of health care for the population, Democrats prefer this guy.
7 P.M. on December 30, 2019. Moments later Shi Zhengli’s cell phone rang. It was her boss, the institute’s director. The Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention had detected a novel coronavirus in two hospital patients with atypical pneumonia,
In other words, Fouchier’s research took a flu virus that did not exhibit airborne transmission, then infected a number of ferrets until it mutated to the point that it was transmissible by air. (in 2012)
I’ve been pursuing this story for several months, but I’d like to be paid for the research. Remember the seemingly innocuous term “animal passage.”
Sam Husseini beat me to the punch at Salon:
Despite objections, Fouchier’s article was published by Science in June 2012. Titled “Airborne Transmission of Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Between Ferrets,” it summarized how Fouchier’s research team made the pathogen more virulent:
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 virus can cause morbidity and mortality in humans but thus far has not acquired the ability to be transmitted by aerosol or respiratory droplet (“airborne transmission”) between humans. To address the concern that the virus could acquire this ability under natural conditions, we genetically modified A/H5N1 virus by site-directed mutagenesis and subsequent serial passage in ferrets. The genetically modified A/H5N1 virus acquired mutations during passage in ferrets, ultimately becoming airborne transmissible in ferrets.
Ahd there’s quite a bit more in the Salon piece:
The Guardian ran a piece in 2014, “Scientists condemn ‘crazy, dangerous’ creation of deadly airborne flu virus,” after Kawaoka created a life-threatening virus that “closely resembles the 1918 Spanish flu strain that killed an estimated 50m people”:
Craig Murray, a former UK diplomat turned anti-war activist, has been charged with contempt of court for writing blog posts. He faces a possible two years in jail, with no jury and no freedom of speech defense permitted.
CNN deletes evidence from the web, where Tara Reade’s mother phoned into Larry King to talk about the sexual assault.
Next morning:
Is Twitter now censoring for Biden as well?
Now on Netflix streaming we have an exceptional look into Stefani Germanotta’s life. Right before she starred in A Star is Born, it is centered on her Super Bowl Halftime Show performance. If you haven’t seen it, it’s not in the movie, but it is here:
This is arguably the boldest, most audacious, mind-blowing musical performance in American history. No one else has even shown the guts to attempt such a thing. It defies words. From the opening moments to the very final second, she fiercely goes for broke–all or nothing. I get misty-eyed just typing about it.
The first time I heard Gaga, I could tell she was a cut above the one-hit pop stars that litter the Top 40 airwaves. Her voice is so damned strong, it wraps around your face and says you’re gonna listen to me, muthafuckas. Who knew she had so much in…
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