Discussions reflect a consensus that bats are the natural hosts for coronaviruses responsible for human outbreaks, underpinned by references to scientific studies from 2015 and 2016, and highlighted concerns about lab research and origins. The tone ranges from factual referencing of studies to skepticism about lab safety, which contribute to the high interest and perceived impact of understanding virus origins for pandemic prevention.
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Most discussions support the idea that bat coronaviruses are the original source of human outbreaks, with many citing studies from 2015 and 2016 that identify bats as reservoirs.
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Readers are highly engaged, referencing detailed research, historical studies, and the implications of virus origins, indicating strong interest in the topic.
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Several discuss scientific studies, historical timelines, lab research, and potential conspiracy theories, showing a deep level of engagement with the scientific and political nuances.
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The discussions influence perceptions by emphasizing the importance of understanding bat origins for predicting future pandemics, and some questions raised about laboratory research, highlighting significant real-world implications.
Abstract in brief
Bats are natural hosts for many viruses, including coronaviruses, and have been identified as the original source of human outbreaks like SARS and MERS.
Certain bat species, especially horseshoe bats in China, carry viruses very similar to SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, which can directly or indirectly infect humans through intermediate hosts.
Studying the bat origins of these viruses is crucial for predicting and preventing future pandemics caused by coronavirus outbreaks.]
@SkyNews Wuhan wet market has been around for centuries.
Them fools been eating raw shit for years.
Coronavirus was man made and its origin escaped from the Wuhan lab and planted in the wet market.
https://t.co/fwKmnKr4pQ
@lexfridman very disappointing interview with @NIHDirector https://t.co/xHlFtNqHBK
Firstly I agree that @NIHDirector has done some good work in past however many issues in this discussion and with @NIH : SARS1 intermediate host search did not take 14 years https://t.co/bKPULk2O0l
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br_ailc
@br_ailc · X
@BasedPoland Bat origin of human coronaviruses
Published in 2015, December.
https://t.co/LhNPCf0vAr
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Piyush Newar
@piyushnewar · X
This article was published in 2015 “Understanding the bat origin of human coronaviruses is helpful for the prediction and prevention of another pandemic emergence in the future”.then why did they let go of this virus
It appears clear that COVID-19 was created in a Chinese laboratory, with evidence from 2015 and earlier sources suggesting such development since 2003. Studying bat origins of coronaviruses is essential for…
COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, which is genetically similar to bat coronaviruses. This video explores the origins, transmission, and scientific insights into the relationship between bats and…
Bat origin of human coronaviruses https://t.co/sdmtLQuZBb from 2015 thousands of different #coronaviruses infest #bats #viruses @DrNeilStone #SARS-CoV-2 #Mers #Sars
@Ayjchan Publication From 22ndDec2015
Bat Origin of Human Coronaviruses
By Ben Hu, Xingyi Ge, Lin-Fa Wang , Zhengli Shi !!
https://t.co/PgT4oSoECF https://t.co/Pj5NpqE66M
@CameronDWills @Plinz Maybe you should read the papers and also unterstand them:
https://t.co/pFAQXXnUuU
Because i don't see anything wierd in your document.
Maybe you can tell me what i am missing?
Статья 2015 года, конечно, когда простой ПХД Бен Ху не был столь легендарен (не уверен, что прямая ссылка работает, но вы понимаете)
https://t.co/HPPoTt9ejA
@the_honored1 @rowjelli @TheOmniLiberal @marwilliamson Here's an early Chinese study from 2015. It seems to even somewhat predate Cov-2. https://t.co/AtQKnBj5Vr
Bat origin of human coronaviruses - PMC https://t.co/uvPixd43hW this article from 2015 outlines risks of bat coronaviruses jumping species @CoronaVid19 #COVID-19 #Bats
Bat origin of human coronaviruses | Virology Journal | Full Text https://t.co/mX0ZYONw1t I suggest you learn about bats and #coronaviruses and their ability to jump species #SARSCoV2 #MERS #COVID19 also 2021-2 9.4m cases of flu worldwide #flu
@tommieeshuis @mkeulemans @quintytamara @volkskrant Geloof jij je sensatie clickbait websites maar. Ik "geloof" geen journalisten, ik bepaal mijn mening op grond van uitgebreid wetenschappelijk onderzoek, al lang bekend (sinds SARS/MERS).
https://t.co/w1kVBB90aj
@Jim_Jordan FACT: In 2015, a study published by the Virology Journal found "Bats have been recognized as the natural reservoirs of a large variety of viruses. which have caused unexpected human disease outbreaks in the 21st century" https://t.co/wtMQQOF1v1
@joshlbrooks often ends with no signif outcome. But we also know there's potential for disease AND pandemic risks. That is exactly why this is studied.
His time line is bunk, don't you remember SARS and MERS?
https://t.co/P3p3pe2Iw3
@ltg1810 @KelleyKga @TheNickFoy @PoliticsAired @loser85618823 @EssexPR @HavnoGavina @vivjones10 Debunked? https://t.co/9P1Sun8UkH
Debunked?
https://t.co/tMVy3k09QP
Debunked? https://t.co/LHFbF7XuRi
Debunked?
https://t.co/vVVtyG6cYy
Debunked?
https://t.co/nKF9gBsGEV
Obviously. That's why I was talking in the past tense, meaning in the few weeks after it left China...
@TomFitton @JudicialWatch @JustTheNews Gee, I wonder why? Thankfully, there are science-based people with the foresight to research this with the potential of heading off worldwide pandemics and/or getting the necessary information to develop vaccines and therapeutics to save lives.
https://t.co/d7Vj0na3OL
@MaxDWolf @robertson_lab @stuartjdneil @SGriffin_Lab @ArisKatzourakis You got owned by multiple sources and claim it’s “discouraging you from looking further.” — how about you GO look them up instead of crying and trying to seriously downplay virology database logs. ??????? Big ass baby.
https://t.co/plOjotVe1B https://t.co/IDZvTEB2XO
@drahmetrasim Birader yarasalarda bu virüsün olduğu yıllardır biliniyordu, bilim adamları da uyarıyordu. 2015 yılından bir makalede yarasalarda koronavirüs tipleri olduğu ve salgın yapma potansiyeli olduğu, bu yüzden daha fazla önem verilmesi gerektiğini söylüyor:
https://t.co/hVpBfge1dt
@GBNEWS Still spewing conspiracy theories. Go to any UK vaccine lab and you'll find that they also grew coronavirus and other viruses for research. It's not news. But the strain in the public domain came from horseshoe bats.
https://t.co/uDxve1XuSu
https://t.co/yFcotpjdWS
"bat coronaviruses as the two emerging coronaviruses which have caused unexpected human disease outbreaks in the 21st century, Severe Acute"
@lexfridman very disappointing interview with @NIHDirector https://t.co/xHlFtNqHBK
Firstly I agree that @NIHDirector has done some good work in past however many issues in this discussion and with @NIH : SARS1 intermediate host search did not take 14 years https://t.co/bKPULk2O0l
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@_Trumps_Desk @the_concert_mom @ScottM02254958 @bmacanovic @DGlaucomflecken Here are the source links to the 2 articles from before 2019. Hope this helps!
https://t.co/xu2g6XeLsk
https://t.co/1lNwOdI6kl
@BctfGeneral @maryse711 @JeanSimple2 @Radio_Quebec J'ai fait une recherche avec les mots "sars-cov-2 identified 2015" et on y trouve des choses intéressantes. https://t.co/aKv8qnXigM - https://t.co/csVxIgPrkR - https://t.co/KTTnmuP2Vn
@mattprescott @HZiauddeen Hope this helps, note the dates.
https://t.co/sCjqOus339
https://t.co/dUILweNC4v
Gain of function smoking gun:
https://t.co/ZFf9tlPo4S
https://t.co/LlQ2OUfbHO
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Peter Barszczewski
@peterba · X
@wrathofgnon Yes we have screens on all windows, but they are sneaky. One got in through the chimney and another we still haven’t figured out. Same for mice, chipmunks, squirrels, etc. Here is an article on bats & coronaviruses. https://t.co/v5JJACUsHB
@DoodyDarren @TheRealPBarry No. Increases likelyhood - Wuhan lab main repository of samples of natural virus from other parts China. HK and Bejing labs do research after epidemic. Wuhan lab documented biosecurity issues too
Presence of lab ONLY plausable for "Why Wuhan, not Yunnan"
https://t.co/mPrclSTD8b
@SixandLaura @TonyBurnetti @JamieC_Belfast @BNODesk It's more likely that Wuhan is a noticeable place for bat -> human coronavirus transmissions ( https://t.co/ZUCPVNtGnx) - although not always necessarily Wuhan itself, you would need a link through contacts to prove it originated in other, unrelated bats -> human transmission.
https://t.co/kUs3zaoc0u
coronaviruses phylogenetically related to MERS-CoV have been discovered worldwide in a wide range of bat species, some of which can be classified to the same coronavirus species as MERS-CoV. Coronaviruses genetically related to human ...
https://t.co/2ITF1d6F0e
In a study using an HIV-based pseudovirus system and cell lines expressing human, civet, ... It took almost a decade from the first discovery of SL-CoV in bats to the final isolation of the SARS-CoV ancestral virus from
@CDCgov NOW WHO traveled to China and found nothing . NOW am going to inject you with SOME RNA from "bats" the virus comes from Bats . You know so the Clown Fauci knows it. Be careful https://t.co/A8sR2PJw8V
@_StephanieMyers "T Bats have been recognized as the natural reservoirs of a large variety of viruses... Some strains are highly similar to SARS-CoV even in the spike protein and are able to use the same receptor as SARS-CoV for cell entry." (Bat origin of human coronaviruses. Virol J., WIV) https://t.co/XXL0Z4qcMf
@Ayjchan Have you seen this paper from 2015? Authors work at WIH. https://t.co/BKPxTVNQv9
China has been researching bat coronaviruses for _years_ at WIH. It seems surreal that WHO does not even acknowledge the possibility of lab escape.
@Malfunctionin14 It talks about Event 201 as if it was incredibly suspicious, missing out that Gates & others at Event 201 were only repeating what epidemiologists had been saying for years, based partly on the SARS outbreak & partly on research e.g https://t.co/o6w43v7Pyi
@bealelab @rfsquared @pjie2 @BillGates @FareedZakaria @Babak_Javid_Lab Also those cold causing human coronaviruses that are now endemic in the UK population quite likely have origins in bats. So whereabouts are people most exposed to these species, S.E. Asia looks a possibility. https://t.co/cbE8ilr6Qi
@singularity69 @Earthling76 @Charlotte3003G And also plenty of studies long before 2019 covered existing zoonotic coronaviruses that had already come from bats and other animals to humans e.g from 2015 https://t.co/o6w43vpqpQ
@SkyNews Wuhan wet market has been around for centuries.
Them fools been eating raw shit for years.
Coronavirus was man made and its origin escaped from the Wuhan lab and planted in the wet market.
https://t.co/fwKmnKr4pQ
RT @salehsanimm: @sani_isah Ga wannan
https://t.co/zcUpDBgOmD
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rybery
@salehsanimm · X
@sani_isah Ga wannan
https://t.co/zcUpDBgOmD
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Dan McClellan
@maklelan · X
@CWar12 There's no such evidence. The virus showed up so close to the lab because they've been studying coronaviruses for 15 years in Wuhan because *that area is where they tend to come from.*
https://t.co/9jXF7kBCmX
https://t.co/dto5rNKi4H
https://t.co/tSx7SW3IGs
先見の明があっただけなのに変な噂をたてられているだけだとしたら、非常に大きな損失だし Bat origin of human coronaviruses
Ben Hu, Xingyi Ge, Lin-Fa Wang & Zhengli Shi
Virology Journal volume 12, Article number: 221 (2015) https://t.co/JZN0OSFBOM
@RightMatters1
Yea? What about the 'Gain of Function' pathogen tests they were conducting on corona virus back in 2015?
https://t.co/QyX5CSOpzv
https://t.co/h3ZrVwzWiU
They're acting like it's a new virus when we were researching it back in 2015?!?
@JCPEREZCODEX Bonjour. Regardez cette article (2015)https://t.co/RCQhY56SyT
Manip génétique d'un coronavirus et génome VIH est décrit. L'auteur, Zenghli SHI, est une des responsables du Lab P4 Wuhan qui a fait l'objet d'accusations .
Paragraphe : "Most related ancestor of SARS-CoV in bats"
@FuturoChile1 @CT_Bergstrom @stgoldst Perhaps but when your greatest hits include " Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Bat Coronavirus Closely Related to the Direct Progenitor of Severe Acute Respiratory" and
"Bat origin of human coronaviruses" People will ask questions. https://t.co/TMVlayVQdD
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Faizy
@F4izy · X
Shi Zhengli was the first to discover that the SARS virus was the result of a restructuring of multiple SARS like coronaviruses found in bats
[Virology Journal BMC]-
Bat origin of human coronaviruses
Published: 22 December 2015
https://t.co/seyxPBzqWs https://t.co/pSXCFLOzm5
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Referência do estudo de revisão sobre a origem e transmissão do coronavirus para os humanos: Hu, B., Ge, X., Wang, L. et al. Bat origin of human coronaviruses. Virol J 12, 221 (2015). https://t.co/SRE3uXlL5C
Bat origin of human coronaviruses https://t.co/zHpwAxirzy
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TheWojtek (@thewojtek.bsky.social)
@TheWojtek · X
@MrNowosielski @PolanskiL_ Masz na myśli „Bat origin of human coronaviruses“ z 2016 roku, czy pojawiło się coś nowego? Bo ostatni tekst o koronawirusach w anglojęzycznej wersji pochodzi z 2016 i nie ma w nim mowy o COVID-19 z oczywistych przyczyn.
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Mahesh
@MaheshKumar2507 · X
RT @MaheshKumar2507: #coronavirus #worldhealthorganization #COVID19 Refer below article published during 2015.“Understanding the bat origin…
@Chenzhiqi6 @zlj517 Bat origin of human coronaviruses
Ben Hu, Xingyi Ge, Lin-Fa Wang & Zhengli Shi
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@TankieTsai @zlj517 Bat origin of human coronaviruses
Ben Hu, Xingyi Ge, Lin-Fa Wang & Zhengli Shi
Virology Journal volume 12, Article number: 221 (2015) Cite this article
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@zlj517 The outbreak was already predicted by Chinese Scientist in 2015 due to the overlapping habitat of bats that carry Corona viruses with humans.
Bat origin of human coronaviruses
Ben Hu, Xingyi Ge, Lin-Fa Wang & Zhengli Shi
Virology Journal volume 12, Article number: 221 (2015)
RT @MaheshKumar2507: #coronavirus #worldhealthorganization #COVID19 Refer below article published during 2015.“Understanding the bat origin…
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Piyush Newar
@piyushnewar · X
#coronavirus #coronavirus #coronavirusindia #CoronaOutbreak #Corona #CoronavirusWho article was published in the year 2015 “Understanding the bat origin of human coronaviruses ”.. Why was it not worked upon then
This article was published in 2015 “Understanding the bat origin of human coronaviruses is helpful for the prediction and prevention of another pandemic emergence in the future”.then why did they let go of this virus
#coronavirus #worldhealthorganization #COVID19 Refer below article published during 2015.“Understanding the bat origin of human coronaviruses is helpful for the prediction and prevention of another pandemic emergence in the future” then why did this
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ProfessorBillz_
@ProfessorBillz_ · X
Bat origin of human coronaviruses https://t.co/TvpZaRDk2e
https://t.co/tbO5AhOc4i
Bat origin of human coronaviruses
It seems a quality academic paper, 3 out of 4 authors are from Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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