W.H.O. allowed Wuhan Travel !

From: Chuck Darling

Re: UncleDon.htm Jan 2020

This is PART of a file that

I was building during the

early COVID-19 crisis.

Read Carefully...

The W.H.O. dropped the ball !

——Interview with Rao Zihe, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences "on January 7, 2020, a new coronavirus was detected in the laboratory. The expert group believes that the pathogen of this unexplained case of viral pneumonia was initially identified as a new type of coronavirus." {click} Burned Books In front of a Library China Dec 9, 2019 {click} Chinese scientists obtain genetic sequence of mysterious virus, a key step in containment efforts By Helen Branswell January 9, 2020 Chinese scientists have recovered a previously unknown virus from an infected individual and generated a full genetic sequence of it, a key step in efforts to learn more about the cause of an outbreak of unusual pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, state-run media reported Thursday. Fragments of the same virus were picked up in testing of 15 patients among the 59 who have been identified as infected with the mysterious pneumonia. The speed of the findings is impressive; the first case in this outbreak became ill less than a month ago... ...Confirmation that scientists have the genetic sequence of the virus will increase pressure on China to release at least part of that sequence, so that health facilities around the world know what to look for as they try to detect possible cases from this outbreak... WHO Statement Regarding Cluster of Pneumonia Cases in Wuhan, China ... In the coming weeks, more comprehensive information is required to understand the current status and epidemiology of the outbreak, and the clinical picture. Further investigations are also required to determine the source, modes of transmission, extent of infection and countermeasures implemented. WHO continues to monitor the situation closely and, together with its partners, is ready to provide technical support to China to investigate and respond to this outbreak. The preliminary determination of a novel virus will assist authorities in other countries to conduct disease detection and response. Over the past week, people with symptoms of pneumonia and reported travel history to Wuhan have been identified at international airports. WHO does not recommend any specific measures for travellers. WHO "advises against the application of any travel or trade restrictions" on China based on the information currently available. WHO Statement Regarding Cluster of Pneumonia Cases in Wuhan, China 9 January 2020 Statement China Wuhan pneumonia: Official confirmed 1 patient died, 7 were still seriously ill January 11, 2020 07:00 The first death from pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus in Wuhan. {click} WORLD NEWS JANUARY 28, 2020 australia-scientists-to-share-lab-grown-coronavirus Gee... That was MIGHTY QUICK WORK... First case was perhaps December 11, 2019 The Royal Melbourne Hospital's Dr Julian Druce, Virus Identification Laboratory Head at the Doherty Institute and Dr Mike Catton, Deputy Director of the Doherty Institute address media to announce having successfully grown the Wuhan coronavirus from a patient sample in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly {click} Australian Viral Studies in Vietnam 2018 {click} COVID-19 Studies {click} SARS-CoV-Encoded Small RNAs Contribute to Infection-Associated Lung Pathology Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Mar 8; 21(3): 344–355. Published online 2017 Feb 16. {click} John Hopkins... [They say do not rely on this... ] [It's built from MEDIA sources...] Viruses and Cell Lines The mouse-adapted (MA15) (Roberts et al., 2007) parental SARS-CoV and recombinant SARS-CoV-ΔE and SARS-CoV-E-N15A viruses were rescued from infectious cDNA clones generated in bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC) in our laboratory (DeDiego et al., 2007; Nieto-Torres et al., 2014). Cell lines were generated and maintained as described in Supplemental Experimental Procedures. Cells deficient in Dicer and Drosha are described elsewhere (Benitez et al., 2015). Virus titrations were performed in Vero E6 cells as described in Supplemental Experimental Procedures. {click} Viral Recombinants... {click} Synthetic recombinant bat SARS-like coronavirus is infectious in cultured cells and in mice Michelle M. Becker, Rachel L. Graham, Eric F. Donaldson, Barry Rockx, Amy C. Sims, Timothy Sheahan, Raymond J. Pickles, Davide Corti, Robert E. Johnston, Ralph S. Baric, and Mark R. Denison PNAS December 16, 2008 105 (50) 19944-19949; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0808116105 Edited by Peter Palese, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, and approved October 14, 2008 1M.M.B and R.L.G. contributed equally to this work. (received for review August 18, 2008) {click} Looks like MULTIPLE STRAINS from the Chart data. It could be due to environmental problems and pre-existing conditions. It don't look good. For non STATISTICIANS... a CFR is a CASE FATALITY RATIO. that is, what is the percentage that die from the infection. This February 10, 2020 Imperial College, London report estimates: 18% die in Hubei province China. [ One in 6 ] 1.2% to 5.6% of Travellers infected die. [ One in 17] Overall CFR of ALL global infections, including those that show no symptoms... is 1%. [ One in 100] [... What is the percentage of Market-Barons ] [... at IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON...? ] There are 7 billion people in the world. 1% is 70 Million. ******************************************* Regarding scarcity of testing kits for COVID-19 Regarding early prospects for testing, Menachery noted that the nucleocapsid protein for coronaviruses is highly conserved across coronavirus families, and the N protein of nCoV is about 90% conserved with the SARS N protein. Though less than some other coronaviruses, the similarity may signal nCoV cross-reactivity with the SARS N protein. If there is cross-reactivity, commercially available SARS N protein might allow screening of patient sera. In a follow-up, Menachery said testing for the antibody for the N protein may be effective, but it would need to be tested and verified. Though it's not clear if there are commercial tests that look for the N protein, the N protein is available and could be used to look for exposure in human blood samples. "It is not as good as making N protein specific to the new virus, but a quick and dirty way to test for exposure," he said. China releases genetic data on new coronavirus, now deadly Filed Under: COVID-19; SARS; MERS-CoV Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News | Jan 11, 2020 ******************************************* Psalm 103 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children— with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. Praise the Lord, you his angels,