TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A joint British-Norwegian study
alleges that the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) is a "chimera" constructed
in a Chinese lab.
A study,
authored by University of London Professor Angus Dalgleish and
Norwegian virologist Birger Sorensen and published in Cambridge
University's QRB Discovery, claims that Sars-CoV2, the virus that causes
COVID-19, did not evolve naturally but rather was artificially
manipulated. Specifically, the authors allege that the spike proteins of
the virus contain "inserted sections."
The study's authors also pointed out that the virus has
hardly mutated since it began to infect humans, apparently suggesting
that it was already fully adapted to human biology in the laboratory.
Sorensen told Norway's NRK on Monday (June 8) that this is "quite unusual for viruses that cross species barriers."
He added that the virus has properties that differ greatly
from SARS and "which have never been detected in nature." After
carefully examining the genetic sequence of the virus, he said that it
did not appear to have evolved from natural processes.
Sorenson told the news agency that he believes the virus is
related to a number of
"gain of function studies" being carried out in
China.
He also said that the U.S. and China had been collaborating on
such research in advanced labs for many years.
The purpose of the gain of function studies is to
artificially increase the transmissibility of a virus to make it easier
to repeat scientific experiments quickly. Such manipulated viruses are
referred to as "chimera."
Sorensen claims that at the early stages of the outbreak,
Chinese scientists discussed the modified sequences in the virus.
However, he said he believes that in recent months, the Chinese
government has suppressed all public discourse on the subject.
"The inserted sequences should never have been published.
Had it been today, it would never have happened. It was a big mistake
the Chinese made. The inserted sequences have a functionality that we
describe. We explain why they are essential. But the Chinese pointed to
them first."
In response to the study, former M16 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove on June 4 told
the Telegraph that the findings indicate the outbreak started with a
leak from a Chinese lab. "I think this started as an accident. This
raises the question of whether China will assume responsibility and
whether China should pay compensation," said Dearlove.
Indeed, a report by Medium
notes that Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) scientist Shi Zhengli,
also known as "Bat Woman," and her team had been making "chimeric
constructs" as early as 2007 and as recently as 2017. As part of a
US$3.7 million U.S. NIH grant,
Shi in 2019 wrote about using "S protein sequence data, infectious
clone technology, in vitro and in vivo infection experiments" on
Sarsr-CoV.
When the Sars-CoV2 genome was first sequenced and released
to the public on Jan. 10, no closely related strains were known.
However, on Jan. 23, Shi published a paper in which she stated that
Sars-CoV2 was 96 percent identical to RaTG13, a strain she and her team
had discovered in bats in Yunnan in 2013.
Shi claimed that Sars-CoV2 is too different from RaTG13 to
have leaked from her lab. However, she has never provided the original
samples from Yunnan to allow independent labs to sequence them to
confirm that they have not been tampered with.
China has yet to allow an outside team of scientists to
enter the WIV and review records of and samples from Shi's gain of
function studies on bat coronaviruses. Beijing has also not allowed
independent investigators to review lab security camera footage or
interview staff.
Currently, the scientific community is relying on Shi's
claim "on my life" that the pandemic did not start in her lab.
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