Category: Spillover
Covid-19 Origins: The Raccoon Dog’s Breakfast *5 Updates*
The recently published scientific report about raccoon dog DNA being found in the Wuhan wet market has created headlines around the globe, but almost no one has read it, and even fewer seem to be aware of its conclusions.… ...More...
WIV denied permission to use the BSL4 lab for SARS experiments
Damning information about the origins of Covid was released today – a 2018 cable from the US State Department reveals that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was refused permission to use its BSL4 lab for experiments on the SARS virus.… ...More...
Cambodia: 12 more infected with H5N1 bird flu following death of an 11yr old girl *5 updates*
Cambodia’s health department is reporting that 12 more people have been infected with H5N1 Avian flu following the death of a 11yr old girl from the virus yesterday.… ...More...
Bird Flu Pandemic: Mammals being infected with H5N1 across the globe
Reports are now coming in from across the globe of mammals being infected with H5N1 bird flu.… ...More...
US: Alpha, Gamma, and Delta variants still circulating in White Tailed Deer
The Alpha, Gamma, and Delta SARS-CoV-2 variants are still circulating in White Tailed Deer well after they caused widespread COVID-19 in people, representing a reservoir for the strains and a potential future risk to humans.… ...More...
Canada: Two lions test positive for SARS-CoV-2 at Calgary Zoo
Two female lions have tested positive for Covid in Calgary Zoo, Canada, with other animals in the zoo also displaying symptoms.… ...More...
Recombinant SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 variant found in Chinese bats
A new preprint out today has been looking at viruses in Chinese bats and has turned up some surprises – it looks like a recombinant variant of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 has been found!… ...More...
Preprint: Neutralizing antibodies in deer for at least 13 months for 90% of animals
Another preprint out recently outlines the disturbing prospect of a large SARS-CoV-2 viral reservoir developing in white-tailed deer in the US. … ...More...
Canada: First evidence of deer-to-human transmission
A recent report from Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, Canada, gives details of a highly mutated strain of SARS-CoV-2, and evidence of deer-to-human transmission.… ...More...
Preprint: Widespread wildlife exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in the Eastern United States
Species that tested PCR positive for SARS-CoV-2 included bobcats, opossums, squirrels, foxes, deer and rabbits.… ...More...