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China refuses to submit original data of 174 initial covid patients for investigation
Editor : Lu Yongxin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/02/13/a103053248.html / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
Image : The picture shows the WHO expert team arrived at Wuhan Virus Research Institute to investigate the source of the virus under the strict supervision of the CCP. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
The Wall Street Journal of the United States quoted World Health Organization (WHO) investigators as reporting that the Chinese authorities refused to provide the original data on the earliest batch of CCP virus cases in China. It can help them determine when and how the epidemic first broke out in China. The investigator said that the two sides fought fiercely for the lack of details.
The WHO investigation team completed a one-month investigation of the source of the epidemic in China this week.
The Central News Agency quoted a report that the Chinese authorities refused to hand over the data of 174 covid patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 (CCP virus, novel coronavirus, covi). These cases were found in Wuhan City, Hubei Province when the epidemic first broke out in December 2019.
The WHO investigator said that Chinese officials and scientists provided their own extensive summaries and analysis of the case data. They also conducted retrospective studies on the medical records of the months before the outbreak of the Wuhan epidemic, and provided aggregated data and analysis. They claimed that there was no discovery and no evidence of the virus.
However, the investigator said that the investigation team was not allowed to review the original basic data of these retrospective studies, and they must see the data to conduct their own analysis to explore how early the CCP virus began to spread in China and how wide the scope was.
Investigators said that WHO member states generally provide such anonymous but well-organized information so that investigators can review all other relevant details of each case.
Dominic Dwyer, an Australian microbiologist in the investigation team, said: “They let us look at a few cases, but not all of them. This is different from all other standard epidemiological investigations. In this way, you know, from our point of view interpreting those data is even more limited, although the other party may find it good."
China's National Health Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not comment on this.
The report mentioned that China's reluctance to provide information has made many foreign governments and scientists more concerned about China's lack of transparency in the investigation of the source of the epidemic. The US State Department said this week that it would like to see the basic information of the WHO investigation.
The WHO investigation team explored whether the virus had spread in China as early as early December 2019 and the Chinese authorities said this was the point in time when the first case of COVID-19 (covid, in short) symptoms was found. SARS-CoV-2 has caused more than 100 million infections and more than 2.3 million deaths from covid worldwide.
The Wall Street Journal reported on the 10th of this month that investigators said that in the two months before the outbreak in Wuhan, about 90 hospital patients in central China had symptoms similar to covid.
More than a year later, the Chinese authorities tested the antibodies of these people. After such a long time, the antibodies may have fallen to an undetectable level, and all test results were negative. Failure to test early has made it impossible for researchers to determine whether these patients have been infected with covid or similar respiratory diseases.
The WHO does not have the right to force the governments of member states to hand over information. This has caused the WHO to rely on cooperation with China in the investigation of the source of the epidemic.
Du Ye revealed that the Chinese authorities refused to hand over the original data of the 174 patients in the early stage of the epidemic, nor did they provide possible cases in the months before December 2019. During the investigation, the WHO investigation team and the Chinese experts became fierce about this during their discussions.
The Danish epidemiologist Thea Fischer in the survey team said on the 9th of this month, "Sometimes I am really emotional. I am a scientific researcher, I believe in data, I believe in data-based proofs, not I believe in whoever says."
Fisher mentioned that in the materials approved for inspection in Wuhan, she did not see any inconsistencies, but without reviewing the original materials, she would not be able to conduct further analysis. She said that most other countries would provide such information.
Du Ye said that China did not agree to provide the original information before the WHO survey team left Wuhan this week.
Marion Koopmans, a member of the WHO survey team and a Dutch virologist, said that the Chinese scholars who participated in the survey first completed a large-scale work covering several research centers and hundreds of researchers. Due to the limited time of the WHO survey team, they may try to obtain this information later.
Ian Lipkin, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University in the United States, said, "In this case, all you can do is assume that everyone is acting with conscience. After all, you don’t want to cut off the access to critical information in the future. ." Lipkin is not a member of the investigation team.
WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said today that the summary report of the mission’s mission is expected to be released next week, and the full report will be completed within a few weeks.
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Tedros Ghebreyesus: All assumptions about the origin of the virus are still open
Reporter : Li Zhaoxi / Editor : Li Jia / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/02/12/a103052946.html / Direct translation
The World-China Health Organization Joint Expert Group on the Traceability of the Chinese Communist Party's Virus Originating Research in Wuhan, Hubei, said that the theory that the CCP virus may accidentally leak from the laboratory is "extremely impossible" and is not worth further survey. The Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Ghebreyesus announced on Thursday (February 11) that it is necessary to conduct further investigations into all theories about the origin of the Chinese Communist Party virus.
The joint expert group not only stated that the theory of the accidental leak of the virus in the laboratory is not worthy of further discussion, but even suggested investigating theories favored by the CCP, such as the possibility of the CCP virus being imported into Wuhan from other countries.
"Some people have asked whether some hypotheses about the origin of the virus have been abandoned." Tedros said on Thursday, "I want to clarify that all the hypotheses are still open and require further research."
Ian Birrell, a reporter for the British news site UnHerd, said that Tedros' statement is equivalent to denying himself, which is a "sudden reversal."
The joint expert group has not released any report on their theory. The investigation was conducted one year after the outbreak of the Chinese Communist Party virus in Wuhan. According to the US media CNBC, the group's investigation in China has been kept confidential.
Richard H. Ebright, professor of chemical biology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), the world’s top public research university, told the American conservative website “Daily The Daily Caller: "The WHO investigation is a scam. It has no credibility. Its members are willing and enthusiastic to participate in the creation of false information in at least one case."
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price responded to the WHO press conference on Tuesday. He said, “I don’t want to make a conclusion until we see the report.” He stated that information collected and analyzed by intelligence agencies will be used, adding that, at least so far, China has not provided the necessary transparency required for investigations.
On Wednesday, former U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe criticized the World Health Organization’s findings on the source of the Chinese virus as “untrue” and accused the World Health Organization of ignoring the Trump administration’s January report on Wuhan. Evidence from the Institute of Virology.
Ratcliffe said, "Our intelligence said... it originated from Wuhan. Whether it was accidental or other reasons, CCP officials realized that the epidemic was controllable, but the actions they took caused the epidemic to spread all over the world. This pandemic has caused more than 400,000 American deaths."
Dr. Pete Daszak, the only American member of the joint expert group, previously worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and helped lobby the National Institutes of Health to provide him with bat coronavirus research funding. He told the WHO The conclusion of denying the laboratory leak theory was celebrated and defended the CCP.
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WHO: The new coronavirus has not been deliberately used by laboratories
Reporter : Zhu He / http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2021/2/453140.shtm / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
In the afternoon of February 12, local time, early this morning, the World Health Organization held a regular press conference on the covid epidemic.
The head of the WHO expert team, Peter Ben Embarek, said that the international expert team’s trip to China was successful in many aspects and had a better understanding of the situation during the outbreak, including the spread of the virus, viral gene sequencing and wild animal traceability and other fields. Embarek emphasized that “the novel coronavirus has not been deliberately used by the laboratory” and that “no one has seen this virus before the outbreak”.
Peter Ben Embarek pointed out that the WHO expert team went to the laboratory in Wuhan and discussed with the staff that these laboratories did not initially have the new coronavirus, which is consistent with other laboratories around the world, that the virus is not used deliberately in any laboratory researching coronavirus. Although the novel coronavirus "may exist in samples that have not yet been processed", from what all laboratories know, "no one has seen this virus before the outbreak, otherwise the novel coronavirus has already appeared in the research paper." -If researchers find a new virus, they will publish it immediately. This is a common practice worldwide.
Peter Ben Embarek, head of the WHO expert team, said, "Before December 2019, there were no large-scale epidemics in Wuhan and surrounding areas, but the origin of the virus, the animal reservoir and the way in which the virus entered the population in December are not yet understood."
Marion Koopmans, a member of the WHO expert team, said that more than 30,000 animals of different types and locations have been tested and screened, and no potential host of the novel coronavirus has been found. The intermediate host has not been determined yet but these traceability work provides clues for further research.
The expert team has also seen the results of unpublished research on bats, including attempts to cultivate the novel coronavirus from them but this cultivation process is rarely successful. In addition, the virus found in the large-scale screening of the study is also far away from the novel coronavirus.
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How many people died in Wuhan last year? New Year's Day memorial service sold out with flowers
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/02/13/a103053303.html / Direct translation
Wuhan has a custom of "burning incense". On the first day of the new year, people have to offer incense to relatives and friends who died the previous year. On New Year’s Eve, the supply of chrysanthemums for memorial services in Wuhan was in short supply. This scene caused many netizens to sigh, how many people left in the Wuhan epidemic last year!
February 11 is New Year's Eve, and the flower market in Wuhan, Hubei is extremely hot, especially the supply of chrysanthemums used for memorials exceeds supply, and even stocks are out of stock. Information published on Weibo shows that after midnight on New Year's Eve, many people in Wuhan went out to buy flowers. There was a traffic jam in the flower market in Wuhan's Xunlimen, and many people were buying flowers.
Some flower shops are basically "empty", and the shopkeepers have said that they have no flowers to sell. A shopkeeper who has been running a flower shop for 30 years said that he had never seen such a hot scene before.
A netizen posted on Twitter on overseas social media said, “On the Lunar New Year’s Eve, the hottest business on the streets of Wuhan is selling chrysanthemums, because many families want to celebrate the'New Year' for those who died within a year. A friend from Wuhan Tell me: I couldn't buy the chrysanthemums from last night everywhere. After early morning, I have to line up at the flower market to buy them.
Another Twitter friend, "Guo Zi", said, "Wuhan people have a custom that in the first year of the death of relatives and friends, they will go to Zhuxiang on the first day of the Lunar New Year. However, after the epidemic in the past year, Wuhan This kind of traffic jam, one can imagine the tragic, sad, and helpless Wuhan last year."
It is reported that there is a custom of "burning incense" in various parts of Hubei Province. On the first day of the new year, people have to offer incense and pay homage to relatives and friends who died the previous year.
During the New Year last year, Wuhan was shut down due to the outbreak of the CCP virus plague. Because the CCP concealed the truth about the epidemic, the outside world cannot know how many people died from the epidemic in Wuhan. But what is certain is that the actual death toll far exceeds the official data. The CCP also referred to the Wuhan epidemic as the "epidemic epic" and regarded the funeral as a happy event. Many Wuhan citizens dared not say anything about it.
Now, the New Year is coming again. In order to conceal the cruel reality of Wuhan being ravaged by the plague, the official media reported on the shortage of flowers in Wuhan’s flower market, saying, “Citizens buying flowers mean to be bullish” and “Wuhan’s prevention and control is very strong, and market demand is particularly strong. ". The report even asked, "Did you buy flowers for the Chinese New Year this year?" It aroused the anger of netizens.
Some netizens angrily criticized the official media, "What day was it last year? What kind of flowers did you buy? Why did the official media not jacquard the flower shop out of stock related to the memorial custom of Wuhan citizens? Such cruel desecration of people's sadness, so disgusting to please Power, do the reporters mean that the people in Wuhan happily bought chrysanthemums to congratulate their family members for their death? I can’t say anything about the funeral, I can only say that you are very conscientious!"
Some netizens also left a message saying, “Wuhan Lunar New Year’s Day chrysanthemums are sold out or even out of stock, because Wuhan has a custom of burning incense to pay homage to loved ones who died this time last year. This time in Wuhan last year... alas. I think of the one in Wuhan. The director, it seems that except for his son, everyone else has passed away. It's miserable. There should be some houses in Wuhan that have been vacated since then."
Some netizens said, "Wuhan has a custom of 'burning incense.' On the first day of the new year, you have to go to the homes of people who died the previous year. When I went out last night, there were a lot of people on the road and the parking lot was full of cars and traffic jams. The chrysanthemums were all grabbed, and the price was not returned. The white chrysanthemums and yellow chrysanthemums were gone. Later, the 180 scattered chrysanthemums bought at Xunlimen were processed and tied up by someone. It was cheap. Last year, too many people in Wuhan left. how to say."
A Wuhan citizen and Weibo account "Mobei is in the south" said: "Grandpa went to the old classmate's home in the morning to'burn the fragrance'. After returning, I felt that I didn't buy chrysanthemums all over the street this year, saying that the major suppliers in Wuhan have cut off the supply. This also indirectly reflects the tragedy of Wuhan last year."
After the outbreak in Wuhan last year, during the Qing Ming Festival, Wuhan’s Biandanshan Cemetery was filled with wordless tombstones of those who died during the closure of the city. At that time, the CCP used the epidemic as an excuse to ban people from Wuhan from sweeping graves. The people of Wuhan, shrouded in grief, had to burn paper money and throw flowers on the streets and riversides to mourn the victims.
September 2 last year was the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the Chinese calendar, which was commonly known as the "Ghost Festival." For several days, people who burned paper money and other items could be seen everywhere in Wuhan from early evening to late at night. Some Wuhan netizens said, "I have never seen more of them when I grow up."
Another Wuhan citizen said, “No one can count how many people left Wuhan in the first half of the year. I only saw red flowers blooming everywhere.”
Han Lianchao, vice chairman of the American Citizens Force, said in a tweet, “There are figures squatting on the streets of Wuhan burning paper to pay homage to the dead, accompanied by piles of flying ashes in the fire. The heart-wrenching feeling of 2020 New Year will be restored. It hits the hearts of the people of Wuhan. The death of Wuhan! The death of China! The death of mankind!"
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The political smell of CCTV Spring Festival Gala is even stronger
Editor : Zheng Gusheng / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/02/12/a103053075.html / Direct translation
As the Chinese Communist Party’s political line continues to turn left, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala’s political propaganda has become more and more explicit, and the quality and interest of the program has decreased year by year. Many netizens stopped watching the Spring Festival Gala this year, and even Little Pink could not help but complain. Human rights lawyers said that the Spring Festival Gala early became a fig leaf for the CCP, "people who wake up treat the Spring Festival Gala as a joke."
This year’s CCTV Spring Festival Gala invited a large number of traffic stars and used a huge 8K ultra-high-definition large screen. It claimed to use AI+VR naked eye 3D studio technology to enhance visual effects, and even used cloud video to "move" non-present Hong Kong and Taiwan singers to the party. stage.
However, Radio Free Asia reported that on the first anniversary of the outbreak and Hong Kong people are still crying and bleeding, this political show to promote the "positive energy" of the CCP cannot conceal the corruption of the CCP system and the tears of society. More netizens have gone from voicing the Spring Festival Gala in previous years to watching it. Some netizens said that the Spring Festival Gala has become a "mask to cover up system defects" and "insult the wisdom of normal people."
According to official statistics from the Communist Party of China, the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala have fluctuated around 30% for many years.
Huang Xiaomin, a human rights activist in Chengdu, said that he, his friends and five relatives did not watch the CCTV Spring Festival Gala this year. Shenyang resident Ms. Liu said that she has not watched the Spring Festival Gala for more than 20 years.
Some people who watched the Spring Festival Gala also joined the annual "Spring Festival Gala Tucao Show". Even some little pink who usually sing praises for the Chinese Communist government can't help but complain, "This year's Spring Festival Gala is not good."
In the Spring Festival Gala, a so-called "Balcony Against the Virus" sketch showing the unblocking scene in Wuhan, even more aroused the anger of netizens. Yu Quanhong, a citizen of Wuhan who had personally experienced the lockdown, asked how the word "victory" could be used for those who are quarantined, those whose families have died, and those young orphans.
Some people also said that this sketch reminded them of the scene of people shouting in the air on the balcony during the lockdown of Wuhan, and the woman who knocked the gong on the balcony for help, "After shouting, the next thing is (the government) give them a garbage truck that delivers meat".
Liu Shihui, a Chinese human rights lawyer in the United States, said that the Spring Festival Gala has become a shame and a funny joke in China. It is impossible for singing and dancing to conceal so many human rights disasters in China. If the CCP does not engage in large-scale arrests or a million-million concentration camp, even if there is no Spring Festival Gala, the people will be happy from the heart. And whitewashing can only be self-defeating.
Liu Shihui also criticized that when the CCP was cruelly suppressing Hong Kong, some Hong Kong and Taiwan artists went to the Spring Festival Gala to smear Beijing, "really shameless".
This year's Spring Festival Gala, in addition to Chinese ethnic minority dances, foreign dances such as "African Songs and Dances", "Russian Folk Dances", "Egypt Cane Dances and Oriental Dances" were also staged. Li Jianjun, a Chinese rights activist, commented that this is the propaganda department catering to the authorities' preferences, preaching the so-called "community with a shared future for mankind," and creating the illusion of "all nations coming to North Korea."
The independent poet Monsoon said, "People who wake up don't watch the Spring Festival Gala. The Spring Festival Gala is over, let's watch it as a joke."
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French Health Minister Olivier Wayland said on Thursday that the British variant virus accounted for 25% of new confirmed covid cases.
Wayland warned that scientists worry that this variant may dominate the epidemic in the future and cause new epidemics.
France has so far accumulated more than 3.46 million confirmed cases and 236,201 deaths.
The UK added 13,494 confirmed cases and 678 deaths on Thursday. A total of more than 4.01 million people were killed and 115,748 people were killed.
The British economy has been hit hard by the epidemic, and last year suffered its biggest output plunge in more than 300 years.
Finance Minister Sunak said on Friday that GDP will fall by 9.9% in 2020.
However, from October to December last year, the UK's GDP grew by 1.0%.
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