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Old 2020-03-14, 01:34   Link #64
Cosmic Eagle
今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている
 
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Originally Posted by aldw View Post
The Chinese response to CoVid-19 has nothing to do with conspiracy theories about specific knowledge of the virus in question, especially since research papers about potential Coronavirus infections by bat reservoirs were already being discussed in various virology journals, of which also explained why bats would be a cause for concern for infectious diseases.

Here is an article from Nature (2017) discussing such issues:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-01513-w

I still cannot fathom why after 17 years since the first SARS epidemic, the CCP who cracks down on everything that offends them, from religion to pop culture, cannot crack down successfully on their people eating things that obviously should not go in the mouth. It's not even an ingrained part of Chinese culture FFS, just some weird 19-20th century fad
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