Source: Reuters
Yuan Zhiming, a researcher at the New Crown Virus Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the director of Wuhan National Biological Safety Laboratory, told Reuters that the statement about the new crown virus from the new crown virus research has no basis, and it is said that the source of the new crown pneumonia is not conclusive.
The conspiracy theorist said that the new coronal virus was synthesized by the new coronal virus research institute.Wuhan is the first city that found new crown pneumonia. At present, there are more than 200,000 deaths in the world.
Although the current scientific consensus is that the new crown virus has evolved naturally, the above accusations have attracted attention.US President Trump said on April 15 that the US government is investigating whether the new crown virus originated from the new crown virus research institute.
Yuan Zhiming said that the malicious accusation of the New Crown Virus Research Institute is unbelievable, which is contradictory with all existing evidence.
The new coronary virus research did not have the ability to design and create a new type of coronary virus, and he said in a written reply to Reuters.In addition, there are no traces of the new coronal virus genome.
A papers in the Indian Institute of Technology have contributed to some conspiracy theories. The paper claims that the protein of the new crown virus is incredible with the protein of AIDS virus, but has been withdrawn.At present, most scientists believe that the new crown virus originated from wild animals, and bats and pangolin are considered the most likely host.
More than 70%of new infectious diseases are derived from animals, especially wild animals, Yuan Zhiming said.In recent years, we have discovered that with the continuous expansion of global climate change and the scope of human activity, close contact between humans and wild animals brings increasing risks, he said.
Scientists believe that the seven known human coronary viruses are derived from bats, mice or domestic animals.Yuan Zhiming also denied that the laboratory accidentally leaked the coronary virus collected from the bat and used for scientific research, saying that the laboratory strictly implemented biological safety procedures.
High -level biological safety laboratories have advanced protection facilities and strict measures. The purpose is to ensure the safety of experiments and the environment, he said.
There is still no answer
Conspiracy theory during the epidemic is a common phenomenon.Russian scientists claimed that the atypical pneumonia (SARS) between 2002 and 2003 originated from a laboratory, and when the AIDS virus (HIV) appeared in the late 1970s, some political groups also claimed that this virus was synthesized by official scientists synthesized by official scientistsEssence
Although the new coronary virus was initially discovered in Wuhan, it was said that the virus was not originally here.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Twitter in March that the new coronary virus may come from the United States.Some people in Chinese community media speculated that the new crown virus was introduced to Wuhan during the Wushu World Military Games in October.
Yuan Zhiming did not directly comment on this statement, but said that there was still no answer about the origin of the new crown virus.He also quoted a paper published by British and German scientists this month that the new crown virus variant spread in the United States is a more primitive version of the Chinese version. This variant may first appear in the United States.
He said that the origin of virus origin is a very challenging scientific issue with great uncertainty.Some people have accused China of the total number of cases to hide cases and try to cover up the origin of this disease, and the Chinese government has firmly denied this.
When asked if the new crown virus research institute will cooperate with an international investigation against the epidemic, Yuan Zhiming replied that he did not know that there was such a mechanism, but the laboratory was regularly inspected.
He added that the research of the new coronal virus is committed to information transparency and will timely share all available data on the new crown virus in a timely manner.He expressed his hope that everyone would let go of prejudice and prejudice to provide a rational environment for the research work of the origin of virus.
