1. "During our investigation we established that it was possible for the live virus strain to enter the site effluent drainage system. We judged it likely that waste water containing the virus, having entered drainage pipework, then leaked out & contaminated the surrounding soil"
2. "This conclusion is supported by evidence of long term damage and leakage, including cracked pipes, tree roots breaching pipework, and unsealed manholes. We also believe that excessive rainfall in (month) may have increased the potential for virus release from the drain.”
3. "In particular, vehicles associated with ongoing construction work had relatively unrestricted access to the site. In our opinion, these construction activities - very near to the effluent drainage system - are likely to have caused disturbance and movement of soil"
4. "in a way that contaminated some of the vehicles with the live virus. We established that some of the vehicles, probably contaminated, drove from the site along a road that passes the first infected farm."
5. " We conclude therefore that this combination of events is the likely link between the release of the live virus from Pirbright & the 1st outbreak of FMD"
Could easily be the case for SARS-COV-2 at WIV as construction was ongoing with work going on 20 metres from the BSL3 Lab
Could easily be the case for SARS-COV-2 at WIV as construction was ongoing with work going on 20 metres from the BSL3 Lab
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