Reporter : Li Yun / Editor: Li Quan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/02/15/a103054648.html / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
The chief investigator of the WHO expert team's investigation team, Peter Ben Embarek, revealed to the US media on 15 February 2021 after returning from China to Switzerland that the epidemic in December 2019 was widespread in Wuhan. It is estimated that thousands of people were infected 53 days before Wuhan locked down on January 23.
On 15 February, US media CNN reported that the chief researcher of the investigation team sent to Wuhan, Embarek, said that Chinese scientists explained to them 174 cases in Wuhan and its surrounding areas in December 2019, 100 of which were transparent. The disease was confirmed by laboratory tests, and the other 74 cases were confirmed by the clinical symptoms of the patients.
Embarek said that there may be more people infected with the disease at that time. It is estimated that about 1,000 people were infected 53 days before the lockdown of Wuhan on 23 January.
He disclosed that a team of 17 WHO scientists and 17 representatives of the CCP examined the early CCP virus DNA from 1 December 2019, and found that 13 different viral gene sequences had already appeared in Wuhan at that time. Some are from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, while others have nothing to do with the market.
Embarek said that this undoubtedly means that the CCP virus may have spread in China as early as December 2019. This is why they want the CCP to open up the blood database, especially the Wuhan Blood Donation Bank with thousands of samples dating back to 2 years.
The CCP virus started in Wuhan, Hubei Province in December 2019. The CCP initially declared that it would not be "person-to-person". It was not until 20 January 2020 that CCP experts declared the epidemic "person-to-person." On 23 January, Wuhan announced the lock down of the city.
As the CCP concealed the epidemic, the virus spread rapidly all over the world. As of now, more than 100 million people have been infected and 2.4 million people have died globally.
Members of the WHO expert team arrived in Wuhan, Hubei, on 14 January 2021, and entered the community for investigation after being isolated for 14 days. On 9 February, they announced their conclusions with Chinese experts, claiming that the CCP virus is most likely to be transmitted to humans through an animal intermediate host but it is extremely unlikely to escape from Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The outside world generally believes that this statement is an endorsement of the Chinese Communist Party. This statement has been questioned and criticized by many parties.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo said in an interview with the Fox News program "American's Newsroom" that the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the WHO was just seeing its corruption and bombarding the politicization of the WHO and kneeling to Xi Jinping. He said that there is important evidence that the CCP virus originated in a Chinese laboratory.
Professor Dominic Dwyer, a microbiologist and infectious disease expert from the NSW Department of Health, is the only Australian in the 14-member group of WHO to investigate in Wuhan this time. The group is dedicated to determining the source of the epidemic.
Professor Dwyer said in an interview on 9 February, "I think the epidemic started in China."
Commentary 17/02/21
WHO investigates new evidence, CCP may be isolated again
By Zhong Yuan / Editor : Li Mingxin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/02/16/a103055728.html / Direct translation
The so-called investigation team called the World Health Organization to China held a press conference on 9 February. The so-called investigation also came to an end. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia refuted the findings of the investigation most violently. There is a lot of discussion.
This so-called investigation has always attracted much attention. The CCP tried to keep a low profile but was unable to do so. The reaction of countries in the world seems to be more intense than it was a year ago. Of course, the CCP will continue to quibble and become hysterical, which is likely to lead to a new round of international isolation. Even the formation of the anti-communist alliance may be born, and the United States may be just one of the roles.
Not independent investigation but joint research
Most people may think that this investigation is to implement the resolution unanimously adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2020, that is, to conduct an independent investigation of the source of the virus, including whether the WHO responded to the epidemic properly. However, according to the so-called investigation team's press conference on February 9, this is not an independent investigation, but a joint study.
During the two-hour press conference, the host was Mi Feng, the spokesperson of the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China. The first to announce the conclusion of the report was Liang Wannian, the leader of the Chinese team. He also answered most of the reporters’ questions; he was introduced. For the WHO food safety expert Peter Ben Embarek and molecular and epidemiology research group leader Marion Koopmans actually only made some supplements.
This so-called investigation activity was called a joint study by the CCP, and WHO experts did not raise objections at the press conference. The press conference was completely led by CCP officials and experts. Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine that this is neither an investigation nor independence, and it is only natural to disappoint the outside world.
Even joint research like this was once impossible. In January, several WHO experts had already prepared to fly to China, but they had not yet received a visa issued by the CCP. Under the pressure of various countries, the CCP dragged on and procrastinated, and finally had to let them go. Obviously, the CCP has led this so-called joint research. The CCP controls where to go, what materials to see, and who to see. The final conclusions are of course set by the CCP.
Such joint research is regarded as an investigation by the outside world, and its conclusions can only be referred to at best, and the actual value is very limited.
The origin of the virus is the focus of controversy
This so-called investigation has attracted attention from all walks of life. The biggest focus is whether the virus has flowed out of the laboratory, and how long the CCP has concealed the epidemic, and how much the epidemic has been concealed.
No one in the world believes that the CCP will allow WHO experts to see the evidence in the laboratory. Not only that, if the WHO experts say that the virus may have come from the laboratory, it is estimated that they will not be able to leave mainland China. CCP experts inevitably deny similar possibilities, and WHO experts dare not say that. In fact, under the persecution of the CCP, WHO’s chief expert Enbreck said, “The possibility of this virus leaking from the laboratory is extremely small. , And no further research is needed."
In other words, this joint study did not include similar content at all. Of course, his subtext may also include that the CCP did not produce similar information at all, so there is no investigation or research in this area.
For most Chinese people, this has long been a surprise; but for people outside China, it is naturally difficult to understand. The White House immediately responded, saying that it needed to conduct an independent investigation; the US State Department also responded, “Obviously, at least from now on, the Chinese (CCP) have not provided us with the necessary transparency that we need.” For any other conclusions outside of science, we have to look at the data provided to us and draw a conclusion based on this."
On 9 February, WHO Director-General Tedros Tedros immediately changed his mind, saying that all assumptions about the origin of the virus were still under consideration. The new US government has expressed its readiness to return to the WHO, and Tedros will naturally dare not offend it.
Even so, several WHO experts should not have made a trip in vain. They still learned some new facts, which are quite detrimental to the CCP’s propaganda.
New evidence in December 2019 embarrassed the CCP
The chief expert of WHO, Embarek, who participated in the joint study, said in an interview that the CCP showed 174 cases found in Wuhan and surrounding areas in December 2019, of which 100 cases were confirmed by laboratory tests, and another 74 Cases were confirmed by clinical diagnosis of the patient’s symptoms. These cases are probably only severe cases that were noticed by Chinese doctors, which means that the disease may have infected more than a thousand people in Wuhan in December of that year.
At the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China on 19 January, spokesperson Hua Chunying proactively broke the news in order to deny, "From 31 December 2019 to 1 January 2020, when only more than 40 cases were found at that time , China made the decision to close the South China Seafood Market on New Year’s Day.”
Today, Embarek says that the CCP has shown 174 cases. He also said that “about 15% of the infected people eventually become severe cases, and the vast majority are mild cases”. He is worried that the Chinese Communist Party virus may have spread in China before mid-December.
Embarek also said that through the genetic samples they obtained, it was found that 13 different virus strains had appeared in Wuhan in December 2019. The discovery of so many different variants may indicate that it has spread for a longer time.
He also hopes to return to Wuhan for investigation within a few months, and hopes to obtain samples that cannot be obtained in this investigation, especially the samples from the Wuhan blood donor bank, some of which can be traced back two years ago, and there may be "about 200,000 samples." But he also knows that he can only access these samples with permission from the CCP.
Embarek also said that he had contact with the first case, "he has no contact with the (Huanan China Seafood) Market".
Although Embarek tried to avoid the virus originating in the laboratory, he gave new evidence of the outbreak in December. Recently, in several press conferences of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China repeatedly stated that there were cases outside of China before December 2019 in order to throw the pot out.
Today, WHO experts have also confirmed that the epidemic is likely to have spread before December 2019. There were at least 174 severe cases in Wuhan in December. It is also speculated that there may be at least more than 1,000 infected people and believe that it has spread. Took longer. This can basically confirm that the CCP virus may have spread to all parts of the world as early as the end of 2019. It is still difficult to confirm the real time point of the occurrence, but at least there has been a large number of person-to-person transmission in Wuhan in December 2019.
The time when the CCP concealed the epidemic, at least again to December 2019, should be the biggest gain for the WHO experts this time. In a sense, it can be regarded as a contribution to the world, but it is the first to the CCP. Great stick. Xi Jinping claimed to have personally directed and deployed the epidemic prevention and control on 7 January. This time he is not on the issue again.
China's denial of fear leads to further deterioration of international relations
Due to the New Year’s holiday, the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the CCP was suspended. The CCP lacked channels for public denial and rejection. Seeing that countries around the world continue to make statements, the CCP media had to assume some of the responsibilities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On 14 and 15 February, the Chinese Communist Party media Xinhua News Agency published consecutive articles, vehemently denying refusal to share data, and scolded Western media for hype, trying to quote WHO experts to refute rumors. Before, the Chinese Communist Party media was very low-key about the activities of WHO experts in China, and even avoided reporting on the expert press conference on 8 February. Now countries are questioning and the CCP has to respond, but apart from abuse and confusion, it is natural it cannot come up with any evidence or excuses.
The press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China should be resumed on 18 February and the Chinese Communist Party media will have to stand alone for a few more days. The CCP is unwilling to admit to concealing the facts of the epidemic, it is unwilling to admit that the virus originated in Wuhan, and it dare not admit that the virus came from a laboratory.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China repeatedly stated that it shared the genetic sequence of the virus in early January, but did not disclose that there were at least 13 different virus strains in December. The CCP claimed to have notified the United States on 3 January but refused entry of American experts. Trump did not believe the Chinese Communist Party's statement. At the end of January, under internal and external pressure, it was still too late to close China's customs. He should have never thought that the virus might have spread to the United States and other parts of the world more than a month ago.
The CCP continued to deny it and the WHO once again helped the CCP to excuse it, which naturally caused greater public outrage. The second wave of epidemics in countries around the world has not yet passed. Although this joint study is not a real investigation, it once again focused on the CCP’s concealing the truth of the epidemic. The United Kingdom and Australia soon stepped up, and it is expected that the upcoming G7 summit should be discussed This important topic.
This time, the United States should no longer fight alone. An alliance for more countries to hold the CCP to blame may soon be formed. The crazier the CCP denies, the sooner a new round of international isolation may come.
In the conversation between Biden and Xi Jinping, it seemed that the accountability for the epidemic had been skipped, and the high-level CCP immediately made an inch, saying that the WHO could not allow the United States to "come as long as you want, and leave as soon as you want." The posture of the organization.
The high-level CCP may be eager to improve the relationship between the United States and China, and want to take advantage of the trend to overwhelm the United States and continue to attack from all sides. However, the high-level CCP did not clearly see that they are likely to be facing a larger anti-communist alliance.
"Heaven destroys the CCP", there may be some people who don't believe it very much, and the CCP's senior leaders are naturally unwilling to believe it, but who can stop it when it comes. It's almost impossible to figure out why the CCP virus came from.
This article only represents the author's views and statements.
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