© P. Zhou et al/Nature 2020
The coronavirus (small circles shown in this electron micrograph) uses the same cellular protein as SARS to gain access to cells.
The coronavirus (small circles shown in this electron micrograph) uses the same cellular protein as SARS to gain access to cells.
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted lives the world over for more than a year. Its death toll will soon reach three million people. Yet the origin of pandemic remains uncertain: the political agendas of governments and scientists have generated thick clouds of obfuscation, which the mainstream press seems helpless to dispel.
In what follows I will sort through the available scientific facts, which hold many clues as to what happened, and provide readers with the evidence to make their own judgments. I will then try to assess the complex issue of blame, which starts with, but extends far beyond, the government of China.
By the end of this article, you may have learned a lot about the molecular biology of viruses. I will try to keep this process as painless as possible. But the science cannot be avoided because for now, and probably for a long time hence, it offers the only sure thread through the maze.
Comment: Another possibility that NO ONE will touch, is that ground zero for the virus was actually the US, cooked up at the bio-weapons lab at Ft. Detrick. That theory says it was brought to China by US participants in the Wuhan Military Games in October 2019. There was also the suspicious outbreak of serious lung infections in August-September 2019 that was attributed to vaping. Cover story?