Whistleblower

[jennyjoan]

There was a Chinese doctor who became a whistleblower on where the Covid virus came from. She zoomed into Loose Women today and said she had to leave China because she exposed that the virus was man-made. I've always said that - the virus was too powerful to come from a bat in Wuhan.

Did anybody see it?

[Chinajan]

Hmmm. I have world-shattering news to expose so I'll go on....Loose Women. And show my face.

[Buenchico]

Li-Meng Yan's statements have always been somewhat suspect, particularly as she has claimed to have carried out research at the University of Hong Kong, which officials at the university have denied ever took place.

So I prefer to await the official findings of the World Health Organisation, rather than to automatically believe everything that Li-Meng Yan says.

However, for anyone who wants to view the report on Loose Women, it can be found here:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/coronavius-whistle-blower-loose-women-18918201

[jim360]

What does "too powerful to come from a bat" even mean? Diseases of animal origin are, and always have been, a thing -- and plenty of those have been pretty deadly. These include, but aren't limited to, many flus, HIV, Ebola, plague, etc etc.

None of this rules out the possibility that the disease was man-made in itself, but the quote above simply doesn't make sense. Diseases often spread from animals to humans and are often deadly.

[MartinMillar]

Lol does anyone take anything seriously when it’s shown on Loose women

[Buenchico]

A US research paper, published in 'Nature' in June 2017, cited three earlier well-respected studies when stating "The majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, HIV, Ebola and SARS)". The researchers then went on to show that "bats harbour a significantly higher proportion of zoonotic viruses than all other mammalian orders".

That study is referenced in this report from Discover magazine:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/why-bats-are-breeding-grounds-for-deadly-diseases-like-ebola-and-sars

[Peter Pedant]

good example that like on AB you dont believe everything you read.

you look at the DNA - OK I look at the DNA
and you can tell if it is spliced or not
it is like a page of womans own being shoved into a dickens novel
and there is no splicing

ah yes you say - but if you splice well....
nope the content is different
like the prose of Dickens is different to the content of womans own

[Peter Pedant]

Buenchico post whilst
100% accurate - very clear - apposite - to the point

says

new news! - animal viruses arent only for animals and human viruses arent specific to humans

but we knew that because we have lab rats ( and if they were separate we woudnt)

[Ken4155]

So, it didn't come from a bat, but from man? Perhaps it came from...........................Batman.
And it wasn't Robin - that was bird flu. :-)

[Peter Pedant]

unlike the anthrax attack in america

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks#:~:text=The%202001%20anthrax%20attacks%2C%20also,the%20September%2011%20terrorist%20attacks.

the DNA analysis took everyone by surprise
Iraqi? Irani? Afghani? Pathani? Gombooli?

nope nearest was up the road at Fort Detrick the 'murican Porton Down. oo-er Mrs !

a worker there Ivins later committed suicide

[Peter Pedant]

oh very good ! shooby best answer !

[douglas9401]

Jane Moore, I take her, seriously.

[Peter Pedant]

a lot of SAGE are as mad as hatters
that is how you get to be a professor

and they come out with crazy stuff when they arent on the own subject. - you dont need to import one from China.

but the prizes are too great - the ear of the minister so long as you can keep the barls in the air - blaarting to men you have only previously seen on tv - your labs given money ! you can pay electricity bills now!

[anneasquith]

Donald will love her .