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☆ The CIA Politicizes Intelligence on China and Covid
  + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( John Ratcliffe | Cliff Sims | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Review & Outlook: More evidence that the coronavirus may have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology catches up to those who derided the possibility of a man-made Chinese origin. (02/27/23) Images: AP/Reuters Composite: Mark KellyA Central Intelligence Agency whistleblower claims that the CIA rigged a report on the origins of Covid-19 to exonerate China. According to the allegation, the most senior member of a seven-member CIA analysis team “was the lone officer to believe COVID-19 originated through zoonosis.” His six colleagues thought the intelligence and science “were sufficient to make a low confidence assessment” that the disease came from a lab leak.
Persons: Mark Kelly, “, ” Organizations: Wuhan Institute, Virology, Reuters, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Locations: China, zoonosis
☆ Omicron subvariants reflect a 'viral evolution on steroids'
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Erika Edwards | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Other omicron subvariants that have piqued the interest — and concerns — of scientists read like a viral alphabet soup: BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7. Ever since the omicron variant emerged, it's been omicron all the way down, with omicron subvariants splitting off into their own subvariants. Barouch's study was small, including just 35 people who'd had either the Covid vaccine or an omicron infection. Most, regardless of prior infection, had at least three doses of Covid vaccine. The World Health Organization is tracking more than 300 omicron subvariants worldwide, Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said during a media briefing Wednesday.
☆ WHO warns ability to identify new Covid variants is diminishing as testing declines
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
The World Health Organization on Thursday warned that it is struggling to identify and track new Covid variants as governments roll back testing and surveillance, threatening the progress made in the fight against the virus. The WHO is "deeply concerned" that it is evolving at a time when there is no longer robust testing in place to help rapidly identify new variants, Van Kerkhove said. "Our ability to track variants and subvariants around the world is diminishing because surveillance is declining," Van Kerkhove told reporters during an update in Geneva. "That limits our ability to assess the known variants and subvariants but also our ability to track and identify new ones." "In most countries, restrictions have ended and life looks much like it did before the pandemic," Tedros said.
☆ Worries over stigma are driving a push to rename monkeypox, but the process is slow
  + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
The naming of the species is the responsibility of WHO's International Committee on Taxonomy of VirusesScientists have been calling this virus "monkeypox" for 64 years. The current species known as "monkeypox virus" and the others would then be renamed to "orthopoxvirus 'something,' " he said in an email to CNN. Prior to more modern conventions about names, scientists would name a variant for the region where it emerged and was circulating. It cited "growing concern for the potentially devastating and stigmatizing effects that the messaging around the 'monkeypox' virus can have on these already vulnerable communities." "Stigma and discrimination can be as dangerous as any virus," Tedros said when he declared monkeypox a global health emergency in July.
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