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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/31/2021 10:45 AM Updated by: thepinetree on 03/31/2021 10:45 AM
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WHO Publishes Covid Origin Study & Reiterates All Hypotheses Remain Open

Geneva, Switzerland...The report of the international team on their Wuhan field visit, from 14 January -10 February 2021, was published on March 30th as WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for further studies.  The report stems from a Member State resolution adopted by consensus at the World Health Assembly in May 2020 and calling on WHO “to identify the zoonotic source of the virus and the route of introduction to the human population, including the possible role of intermediate hosts, including through efforts such as scientific and collaborative field missions.”





In remarks to Member States today, Dr Tedros, who received the full report on the weekend, thanked the team for their tireless work. He said it advances our understanding in important ways, while raising questions that will need to be addressed by further studies, as noted in the report. “As far as WHO is concerned, all hypotheses remain on the table. This report is a very important beginning, but it is not the end. We have not yet found the source of the virus, and we must continue to follow the science and leave no stone unturned as we do,” said Dr Tedros. “Finding the origin of a virus takes time and we owe it to the world to find the source so we can collectively take steps to reduce the risk of this happening again. No single research trip can provide all the answers.”

The report is available on this webpage:

https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus/origins-of-the-virus

Below is the full text of the Director-General’s remarks that can be found here:

https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-remarks-at-the-member-state-briefing-on-the-report-of-the-international-team-studying-the-origins-of-sars-cov-2

Background information

From the very beginning of the pandemic WHO has stressed the need to understand the origin of the virus in order to better understand the emergence of new pathogens and possible exposures.

Only a few weeks into the outbreak, the IHR Emergency Committee of independent experts recommended that WHO and China pursue efforts to identify the animal source of the virus.

Throughout 2020, WHO continued to discuss with China and other Member States the need to study and share information around the virus origins.

The World Health Assembly resolution of May 2020, which was adopted by all Member States, cited a need “to identify the zoonotic source”:
  • WHA73.1 from 19 May 2020: 9. (6) to continue to work closely with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and countries, as part of the One-Health Approach to identify the zoonotic source of the virus and the route of introduction to the human population, including the possible role of intermediate hosts, including through efforts such as scientific and collaborative field missions, which will enable targeted interventions and a research agenda to reduce the risk of similar events occurring, as well as to provide guidance on how to prevent infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV2) in animals and humans and prevent the establishment of new zoonotic reservoirs, as well as to reduce further risks of emergence and transmission of zoonotic diseases;
In July 2020 WHO sent a small team to China to plan a joint study comprising Chinese and independent international scientists.

It was agreed that WHO would select the international scientists. The Terms of Reference for the Virus Origins Study were completed by fall 2020.
The team of scientists came from around the world: Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Kenya, Netherlands, Qatar, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Viet Nam.

The joint international team comprised 17 Chinese and 17 international experts from 10 other countries as well as the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE); and WHO.
  • Find the list of the members of the international team here.
From the outset, this study was designed as one step on the path of understanding the origins of COVID-19 reflecting the specific scope and mandate as outlined by Member States in the World Health Assembly resolution and negotiated Terms of Reference.


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Posted on: 2021-03-31 11:46:13   By: Anonymous
 
CHINA VIRUS

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    Posted on: 2021-03-31 12:08:15   By: Anonymous
     
    That is NOT the virus name! And like the Spanish influenza 100 years ago, we may never know where it truly originated from.

    Calling it the China virus is racist and causing hurt and harm to a lot of Americans with asian background.

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      Posted on: 2021-03-31 12:45:41   By: Anonymous
       
      Another reason the Dem's constant focus on racial groups is toxic. To them everyone is in a victim group

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        Posted on: 2021-03-31 13:25:24   By: Anonymous
         
        Dems are incredibly racist. All they talk about is how all the races are effectively inferior to evil whitey and the only answer is to bring whitey down. It's disgusting and they don't even realize they are doing it.

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      Posted on: 2021-03-31 13:30:05   By: Anonymous
       
      We know it came from China, most likely from a bio lab that recieved money from US via Fauci. So yes, China virus is completely appropriate. The Chinese have the WHO (and us) under their thumb. And Xiden is a Chinese tool to boot.

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No Subject
Posted on: 2021-03-31 13:32:41   By: Anonymous
 
A Covid-19 outbreak among vaccinated individuals inside a UK care facility has forced health officials to come out in defense of the vaccine’s effectiveness.

Reports claim there was a “pretty big” outbreak at the unnamed care facility in Lincolnshire, where most if not all residents had received the experimental Covid vaccine.

“It is currently unknown as to whether the infected residents had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine, or just one,” reports The Lincolnite.

The outbreak led the Lincolnshire public health director, Derek Ward, to come out in defense of the jabs, saying there’s “no perfect” immunity, and that post-vaccine outbreaks are should be expected.

“Unfortunately, we’ve had an outbreak in a care home,” Ward announced, according to the Lincolnite. “It was a pretty big one, similar to the other outbreaks we’ve seen across the county and indeed across the country.”

Routine testing picked up the virus in a number of residents, although many were asymptomatic or suffered only mild illness.

None of the residents required hospitalization, according to Ward.

The puzzling rate of positive infections following administration of the shot will no doubt present problems for vaccine campaigners going forward.

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    Posted on: 2021-03-31 14:14:39   By: Anonymous
     
    Trump virus . His ignorance cost 550,000 Americans there lives .

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      Posted on: 2021-03-31 14:18:03   By: Anonymous
       
      This virus will just go away . Trump 2020 . I like downplaying the pandemic . Trump 2020 fight like hell , you guessed it . Trump 2020

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        GMO Virus
        Posted on: 2021-03-31 15:42:42   By: Anonymous
         
        Both AIDS and Covid19 show strands of RNA DNA that indicate 2 separate species.
        Covid 19 and AIDS were gene spliced virus.
        This only can happen with highly technical equipment and knowledge .
        Both viruses were developed as weapons.
        AIDS originated in the Navy lab at Fort Dietrich, Md. It is known as a biological weapons facility.
        COVID 19 was developed in Wuhan China government lab which was monitored by a US team of Drs interested in virus science. trump recalled these Drs 6 months before the virus escaped the lab. The CDC was warned of the virus and it's virulence.


        Again trumps ending many US programs, the Chinese lab one that gives America valuable information, but trump for whatever reason recalled the scientific contingent in Wuhan.


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      Posted on: 2021-03-31 15:38:56   By: Anonymous
       
      Your own ignorance is astounding. What a NPC you are.

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