Mon Feb 3 15:24:51 2020
<9e126bf3> official propaganda <http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/02/WS5e36b2b7a31012821727432e.html>
— Coronavirus conspiracy debunked by Wuhan researcher – Chinadaily.com.cn
— A scientist from the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has debunked a recent conspiracy which claimed the novel coronavirus was manufactured and escaped from the institute’s most advanced biocontainment facility.
<9e126bf3> > Shi Zhengli, a researcher from the institute, said on her social media on Sunday the virus was the result of “nature punishing the uncivilized habits and customs of humans”, and she is willing to “bet my life that [the outbreak] has nothing to do with the lab.”
> Shi was the leading scientist who made the discovery the novel coronavirus can enter cells through ACE2 receptors and may have originated from bats.
> Her comments came after Indian scientists recently published a non-peer reviewed paper suggesting scientists had artificially inserted genes from the HIV virus into the coronavirus, thus making it susceptible to anti-HIV treatments.
<9e126bf3> Thats all they say… the rest of the article basically blasts US & UK conservative media for promulgating conspiracy theory, while sensible (aka CCP-friendly) outlets like BBC and Foreign Policy swiftly debunk “fringe theory”