{"id":3186,"date":"2023-09-26T05:59:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T05:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2023-09-26T05:59:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T05:59:44","slug":"chinas-batwoman-warns-that-there-could-be-more-covid-like-outbreaks-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/chinas-batwoman-warns-that-there-could-be-more-covid-like-outbreaks-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s ‘Batwoman’ warns that there could be more Covid-like ‘outbreaks’ in the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEP 25, 2023 : Shi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Zhengli,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarded\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>China<\/a>‘s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>top\u00a0<\/span><\/span>virologists,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>issued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>warning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>coronavirus\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>likely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>emerge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>near\u00a0<\/span>future.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Shi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Zenghli,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>known\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“batwoman”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span>study\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>viruses\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>spread\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>animals,\u00a0<\/span>particularly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bats,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world\u00a0<\/span><\/span>needed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ready\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>disease\u00a0<\/span><\/span>similar\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Covid-19<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>study\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>she\u00a0<\/span><\/span>co-authored\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span>colleagues,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>she\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“If\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>coronavirus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>caused\u00a0<\/span><\/span>diseases\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>emerge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span>chance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>cause\u00a0<\/span><\/span>future\u00a0<\/span><\/span>outbreaks.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Shi’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>team\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Wuhan\u00a0<\/span>Institute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Virology\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assessed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>likelihood\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>40\u00a0<\/span><\/span>different\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coronavirus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>species\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spreading\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>humans\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>classified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>half\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“highly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>risky.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>study\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>based\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>examination\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>viral\u00a0<\/span><\/span>characteristics,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>population\u00a0<\/span>size,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>genetic\u00a0<\/span>diversity,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>host\u00a0<\/span><\/span>species,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>prior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>zoonotic\u00a0<\/span>infections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(diseases\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>spread\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>animals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people).<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Six\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>these\u00a0<\/span><\/span>40\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>already\u00a0<\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>human\u00a0<\/span>infection\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>illnesses.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Future\u00a0<\/span><\/span>illness\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emergence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>almost\u00a0<\/span>certain,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>highly\u00a0<\/span>likely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>[coronavirus]\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disease\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>emerge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>again,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>study\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>released\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>English-language\u00a0<\/span><\/span>journal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Emerging\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Microbes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>&\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Infections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>July,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wasn’t\u00a0<\/span><\/span>until\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>month\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>started\u00a0<\/span>trending\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chinese\u00a0<\/span><\/span>social\u00a0<\/span>media.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>part\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>study’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>non-Chinese\u00a0<\/span><\/span>language,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>researcher\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CDC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>country\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>showed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>desire\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>move\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>topic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>China’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>abrupt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reversal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>zero-Covid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regulations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Sometimes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>private\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conversations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>talking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>health\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scholars,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>noticed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chinese\u00a0<\/span>authorities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>downplaying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Covid-19,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intentionally\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>unintentionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>stopped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>releasing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>infection\u00a0<\/span><\/span>data,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>scientist,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wished\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>remain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anonymous,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>South\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Morning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>China\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Post.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wuhan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>team\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>discovered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sensitive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>speedy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>testing\u00a0<\/span>methods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>might\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>applied\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>continuously\u00a0<\/span>keep\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>eye\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>these\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dangerous\u00a0<\/span>infections.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>They\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>discovered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>key\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hosts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disease,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intermediate\u00a0<\/span>species\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>camels,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civets,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pigs,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pangolins\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>natural\u00a0<\/span>hosts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bats\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rodents.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Despite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>significance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>research,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>Chinese\u00a0<\/span><\/span>virologists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>refrained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commenting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shi’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>most\u00a0<\/span>recent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discoveries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>intense\u00a0<\/span>emotions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>surrounding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wuhan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Institute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Virology\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>come\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fire,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>US\u00a0<\/span>legislators\u00a0<\/span><\/span>espousing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>idea\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Covid-19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unintentional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leak.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>explanation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>however,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>hotly\u00a0<\/span>debated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>experts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>illness\u00a0<\/span><\/span>actually\u00a0<\/span><\/span>started\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>animal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>presumably\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>bat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>then\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spread\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>via\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unnamed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>host.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>no\u00a0<\/span><\/span>evidence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>lab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leak\u00a0<\/span><\/span>idea,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declassified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>US\u00a0<\/span>intelligence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>papers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disclosed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>June,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>although\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SEP 25, 2023 : Shi\u00a0Zhengli,\u00a0regarded\u00a0as\u00a0one\u00a0of\u00a0China‘s\u00a0top\u00a0virologists,\u00a0has\u00a0issued\u00a0a\u00a0warning\u00a0that\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0coronavirus\u00a0is\u00a0likely\u00a0to\u00a0emerge\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0near\u00a0future. Shi\u00a0Zenghli,\u00a0known\u00a0as\u00a0“batwoman”\u00a0for\u00a0her\u00a0study\u00a0into\u00a0viruses\u00a0that\u00a0spread\u00a0from\u00a0animals,\u00a0particularly\u00a0bats,\u00a0to\u00a0people,\u00a0declared\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0report\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0world\u00a0needed\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0ready\u00a0for\u00a0a\u00a0disease\u00a0similar\u00a0to\u00a0Covid-19. 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