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Don't Get It Twisted ... COVID (Coronavirus) is More than a Decade Old and actually originated in the Middle East
CIRCA 2013
J Thorac Dis. 2013 Aug; 5(Suppl 2): S103–S108.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.06.02
PMCID: PMC3747523
PMID: 23977429
From SARS coronavirus to novel animal and human coronaviruses
Kelvin K. W. To,1,2 Ivan F. N. Hung,1,3 Jasper F. W. Chan,1,2 and Kwok-Yung Yuen corresponding author
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In 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) caused one of the most devastating epidemics known to the developed world.
There were two important lessons from this epidemic. Firstly, coronaviruses, in addition to influenza viruses, can cause severe and rapidly spreading human infections. Secondly, bats can serve as the origin and natural animal reservoir of deadly human viruses.
Since then, researchers around the world, especially those in Asia where SARS-CoV was first identified, have turned their focus to find novel coronaviruses infecting humans, bats, and other animals.
Two human coronaviruses, HCoV-HKU1 and HCoV-NL63, were identified shortly after the SARS-CoV epidemic as common causes of human respiratory tract infections.
In 2012, a novel human coronavirus, now called Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), ... emerged in the Middle East to cause fatal human infections in three continents....
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Edit. Note: Once Trump, Donald allowed the virus to be unleashed on the United States in the early part of 2020, it was automatically associated with Wuhan (China) based solely on his word, and with no real research having been done prior to this announcement.
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