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Re-telling of covid's origin story in @guardian today misses key points about the whistleblowers, the seafood market, test kit and vaccine development in China, and publication of the first SARS-CoV-2 genome. I'll add them back into the story... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/12/where-did-coronavirus-come-from-covid
Dec 30 2019
@guardian "Wuhan municipal health commission had issued an “urgent notice” online, warning all medical facilities to be on the alert"
@BBC Dr. Li Wenliang "sent a message to fellow doctors in a chat group warning them about the outbreak" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51364382
@guardian "Wuhan municipal health commission had issued an “urgent notice” online, warning all medical facilities to be on the alert"
@BBC Dr. Li Wenliang "sent a message to fellow doctors in a chat group warning them about the outbreak" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51364382
@WSJ Dec 31/Jan 1 - Huanan seafood market completely sanitized and shutdown. China CDC collected hundreds of samples from animals at the market and the environment. https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-stalls-global-search-for-coronavirus-origins-wuhan-markets-investigation-11589300842
Different @BBC article: Jan 1, 2020, "Wuhan Public Security Bureau punishes eight people, including Dr Li Wenliang, for spreading "rumours" about the virus. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/ewsu2giezk/city-of-silence-china-wuhan
@BBC - Jan 2, WIV "maps the genome of the virus but the information is not shared publicly"
@AP - Jan 3, China CDC had the genome of the virus but "held back information about the genome and test designs" and only gave the designs to 3 Shanghai companies. https://apnews.com/article/china-virus-testing-secret-deals-firms-312f4a953e0264a3645219a08c62a0ad
@AP - Jan 3, China CDC had the genome of the virus but "held back information about the genome and test designs" and only gave the designs to 3 Shanghai companies. https://apnews.com/article/china-virus-testing-secret-deals-firms-312f4a953e0264a3645219a08c62a0ad
@BBC article Jan 3 - Dr Li Wenliang signs a confession to "illegal activity" "making false comments" that had "severely disturbed the social order" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51364382
Jan 4 - Leading Chinese vaccine developer Sinopharm kicked into high gear manufacturing a covid vaccine - still ~2 weeks before China confirmed human-to-human transmission https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1333556347259002880
Jan 5 - Prof Zhang Yongzhen deposited the first SARS-CoV-2 genome on GenBank, but did not publicly release it.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MN908947.1?report=genbank https://time.com/5882918/zhang-yongzhen-interview-china-coronavirus-genome/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MN908947.1?report=genbank https://time.com/5882918/zhang-yongzhen-interview-china-coronavirus-genome/
Jan 10/11 - Professor Edward Holmes called Prof Zhang and asked permission to share the genome publicly.
Jan 12 - The genome was also released publicly by GenBank. Prof Zhang's lab is probed and shut down for rectification.
https://time.com/5882918/zhang-yongzhen-interview-china-coronavirus-genome/ https://virological.org/t/novel-2019-coronavirus-genome/319
Jan 12 - The genome was also released publicly by GenBank. Prof Zhang's lab is probed and shut down for rectification.
https://time.com/5882918/zhang-yongzhen-interview-china-coronavirus-genome/ https://virological.org/t/novel-2019-coronavirus-genome/319
@businessinsider Jan 14 - @WHO tweets saying "no clear evidence" COVID-19 could spread between humans.
https://www.businessinsider.com/who-no-transmission-coronavirus-tweet-was-to-appease-china-guardian-2020-4 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152
https://www.businessinsider.com/who-no-transmission-coronavirus-tweet-was-to-appease-china-guardian-2020-4 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152
Jan 13-15 - first COVID-19 cases confirmed in Thailand and Japan. https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1335692109060435978
