DISINFO: Coronavirus is definitely an act of American warfare

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DISINFO: Coronavirus is definitely an act of American warfare

SUMMARY

Some studies and points of view suggest that the United States is behind the Covid-19.

For example, in October 2019, the Military World Games took place in Wuhan, and about 200 American soldiers participated in it, a month later, this virus appeared.

The New York Times and other American newspapers stated that the American government closed a chemical research laboratory for biological warfare, without mentioning the reasons, and there might be some leakage.

The international Nature magazine, published in 2015 an important article in which it said that scientists, specifically in the United States, are studying a modification of the coronavirus which will be transmitted to humans without going through the incubation period in bat’s body.

RESPONSE

Conspiracy theory about the 2019-nCoV coronavirus. There is no evidence that suggests that the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is used as a weapon against other states.

It was first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in central China and has been rapidly spreading with new cases being reported in the Asia-Pacific region as well as Europe, North America and the Middle East, causing 697,244 confirmed cases and 33,257 deaths up until 31 March 2020 in 203 countries, areas or territories.

Furthermore, a group of 27 prominent public health scientists, from nine countries, wrote a statement published online by The Lancet, that "strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin", and they “overwhelmingly conclude that this coronavirus originated in wildlife,” just like many other viruses that have recently emerged in humans.

Moreover, Nature magazine, in the latest study concur “two scenarios that can plausibly explain the origin of SARS-CoV-2: (i) natural selection in an animal host before zoonotic transfer; and (ii) natural selection in humans following zoonotic transfer.” Talking about the study which was published in 2015, it clearly underscores the threat of cross-species transmission events leading to outbreaks in humans “which is currently circulating in Chinese horseshoe bat populations”.

Military World Games

As for the Military World Games, apart from the American soldiers, there were, in fact, 17 teams with over 280 athletes and staff from different countries and nations participating in the Military World Games that was held from October 18–27, 2019 in the capital of Hubei Province in Wuhan. The first case of Coronavirus was caught on (November 17th) that is 31 days after the closing ceremony of the Military World Games, and so far there is no evidence to prove any connection between the two events.

Suspension of an American Lab

In August 2019, a US Army laboratory at Fort Detrick, in the state of Maryland, that studies deadly infectious material and how to reach for cures for diseases such as Ebola and smallpox was shut down for a period of time after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) inspection that occurred in June, and was partially reopened in December, and is now helping in the fight against Covid-19.

The suspension was due to multiple causes, including failure to follow local procedures and a lack of periodic recertification training for workers in the biocontainment laboratories. The wastewater decontamination system of the lab also failed to meet standards set by the Federal Select Agent Program.

Disclaimer

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