1: 2018 - two researchers with the United States Army Medical Research Institute of #Infectious Disease at #FortDetrick put forth an ominous warning about #Coronavirus.
3: June 2019 - across the state border in #Greensprings Retirement Community - Sick residents had symptoms such as #coughs, #fevers and #pneumonia. #Fairfax County Health Dept said Wed afternoon those who died were older with complex health problems.
4: October 2019 - 'Since mid-September, headlines around the world have warned about an outbreak of serious lung disease across the US, said to be associated with vaping'
2 - The official UK Government website (dashboard) for data and insights on Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Cases by date reported, by nation (England) shows 159,601 cases for Dec 14th20th
That's some disparity to notifiable records that goes back some weeks
3 - From the 'about' section of UK govt Covid dashboard reporting Cases by date reported, by nation
'#COVID19 cases are identified by taking specimens from people and testing them for the presence of the #SARSCoV2 virus. If the test is positive, this is a referred to as a case'
2 - 'Professor Nick Loman of the Covid-19 Genomics UK (COG UK) consortium, identified the new set of #mutation as VUI – 202012/0. He confirmed that it is not new, as COG UK identified it in September, and there is no proof that it is more infectious'
3 - 'Dr Maria van Kerkhove, the technical lead of #COVID19 response and the head of emerging diseases and zoonosis unit at #WHO, has also confirmed that the #strain involved has been circulating for many months'
Why #scientists fear the “toxic” #Covid19 debate - The hyper-polarisation of discussions about how to handle the #coronavirus pandemic risks stifling nuance and undermining scientific inquiry.
#academics are afraid to speak out for fear of being vilified. The replacement of nuanced debate with hyper-polarisation and insult-trading has prompted many to despair over erosion of healthy #scientific discussion and potential breakdown of public trust
experiences intensify the further one drifts from the accepted orthodoxy on #Covid19. At present, this orthodoxy leans towards advocating zero Covid (total eradication), the aim of suppressing case numbers by partial or full #lockdowns until #vaccine