Raccoon dogs emerge as possible COVID-19 source in new analysis

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New data linking COVID-19 to raccoon dogs in a Wuhan wet market provides “important incremental evidence” supporting the hypothesis that the virus originated in wildlife, according to a scientist who has studied the genesis of the pandemic in China.

to raccoon dogs in a Wuhan wet market provides “important incremental evidence” supporting the hypothesis that the virus originated in wildlife, according to a scientist who has studied the genesis of the pandemic in China.

“It’s not the ‘eureka’ moment, but it’s a pretty big advance,” said Dwyer, who was part of the joint mission to study Covid’s origins led by the World Health Organization in early 2021. The material was collected in an area of the market where cases were known to have occurred, he said in an interview Friday.

The new findings advance efforts to decipher the deadly contagion’s creation story, which have been frustrated by a geopolitical blame game. Some groups, including the U.S. Department of Energy and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 originated in a Chinese lab. The latest data shifts the weight of evidence firmly in favor of an animal origin, Dwyer said.

The records initially submitted by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention are currently being updated with newer, additional data as part of review of the manuscript that’s been submitted for publication, GISAID said in a statement.

 

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So, what’s the going rate to buy a scientician these days? 🙄

They don't look too yummy. 😝

'new data' eh?

Oh puh-lease. Lab leak - crazy talk. Racoon dogs? NOW we're talking!

WTH is this a raccoon in a dog's body? What else were they experimenting with at that lab?

More gaslighting.

who are the clowns that believe this, raise your hands 🙌

Nice try hacks. Give up, it’s over.

The viral origins research clearly links covid to wildlife. But the wet market 'data' is *highly* circumstantial. With covid airborne and the wet market as a zoonotic super-spreader site, it's equally likely that humans infected the animals.

The media is a threat to democracy. These lies are a cover to China. Who’s payin you?

It's funny how mainstream media chooses which story to cover... It's almost as if they control the narrative...

New data, sure, nobody saw that coming 😂

CBC also ran this BS story...

You have banned some of the worlds best virologists that said the opposite. So you are proving you are still pushing a narrative by not reporting openly. This is not true, this was made via gain of function research. It’s not natural

Is this a parody account?

BS. PURE. SIMPLE. BS. Follow the committee meetings in the US where the CDC director has clearly stated GAIN OF FUNCTION.

Damn they cute

A racoon dog is half dog, half racoon and half Wuhan Lab.

china funded study…. disinformation

So, the data and samples were collected by the Chinese government nearly 3 years ago and just shared now. Forgive me if I don't trust this 'science.'

🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂

science fiction.

Nobody believe this

Totally fraudulent bullshit and the just publishes it as if it’s true. When will the public hold these media liars accountable?

Came from a lab in Wuhan.

BS

While we're all concerned with Chinese political interference we'd do well to remember the corrupting influence China has had on other Canadian institutions like news media and scientific research institutions

Everyone knows Covid was created by Eco Health Alliance in conjunction with the US Department of Defense. Technology then transferred to the Wuhan lab. Unleashed to remove Trump from WH and introduce One World Government ruled by CCP

jonstewart

kinsellawarren ChinaLiedMillionsDied CCP 👺

Yes this is bullshit 100% it's a distraction from Biden inc.

ya right believe what you want they have every virus at thier disposal to make and create chemicals to mask anything .

bullshit

Why dont you go to the real beginning instead of all these blatant lies. Start with the Winnipeg Lab then go to Wuhan. We dont believe your lies. It was released from the Wuhan lab after it got their from Winnipeg. Full stop.

... After the lab story, the raccoun story... As long as it it's China fault?

They never stop fooling people.

Impossible! Raccoon dogs aren’t even Jewish!

Remarkable timing 🙄

This is complete bullshit and you are lying because you are wrong and have been wrong the entire time.

lab leak = republicans / wet market = liberals!

COVID-19 was engineered in a LAB.. Paid for by the US. This has already been established to be FACTUAL !!! is Garbage FAKE News... That to is Factual.

The Chinese really need to find a way to control how wildlife is handled and sold for human consumption. Raccoon dogs, bats and other disgusting things are sold at Wet Markets and they carry a host of zoonotic diseases. It was just a matter of time and It can’t happen again.

According to 'A scientist'

Funny how only the paid media is spinning this story....

Just shut up. Raccoon Dogs? Hahaha come on

Spin it...

Lies lies lies all lies

I thought it was from frozen meat from Italy?

Who’s taking this garbage seriously?

Raccoons and dogs have been around since time began how long is a virus been here what a pile of garbage

Lab created virus. Stop this bullshit.

dmrider And it was civits that were the vectors for SARS in Guandong

Funny. :)

kinsellawarren 🤣🤣

kinsellawarren Anyone who believes that C19 came from the Wuhan institute of virology, the world’s top coronavirus research facility and not from a racoon dog is obviously a covid denying right wing extremist conspiracy theorist spreading mis/disinformation. We should pass laws to go after them

They just ‘found’ this data yesterday? Interesting…..

kinsellawarren

Could be the wet markets or the wuhan coronavirus lab. Both make sense. People are obsessed about the lab theory because it was suppressed stupidly which looked like a cover up. I never understood why the US government and major social media companies suppressed it.

Since these raccoon dogs originated in china let’s call a public inquiry. We can look into their foreigninterference and this theory. 2 birds. One stone.

Lol TorStar you so funny

Nobody will believe this bullshit. There is a laboratory in Wuhan that experiments with the virus. It is not an extreme coincidence that it leaked from this lab. It’s obvious. Here is another example of a desperate deflection meant to distract, yet again.

Which suggests virus is easily transmitted to dogs.

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Just say it was China like 99% of the population already knows. Don’t blame the Animals when it is clear that China caused it

Bullshit, next lie?

If humans had the virus, and we know those animals can catch it, how does some of their poop support any of that? The evidence that it came from a lab is much stronger no?

FYI:

kinsellawarren ok.. hold up. RACOON DOGS? these are a thing (runs to tiktok to look for people treating them like pets)

Are we just going to ignore the most important part here? WTF is a raccoon dog

kinsellawarren WTAF are you talking about. It turns out is spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories at this point...

Just stop. You're embarrassing yourself

COVID has bin around long enough now it could be in my dog in Canada so does that mean it started there NO but it’s a nice way to cover up the lab leak theory

A very informative thread outlining how ridiculous this claim is:

When will you cover the US House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic?

Meanwhile, at the US House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic

Well that's racist as fuck implying that Chinese people are eating raw dogs.

Yea definitely didn't come from the lab with the same name as the virus -- that was in Wuhan , of all random places...

Lab leak !

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