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== March 2018 ==
 
== March 2018 ==
 
* EcoHealth Alliance submits [https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-grant-darpa/:grant proposal to DARPA] to insert furin cleavage sites into SARS-CoV viruses to more efficiently bind to human cells
 
* EcoHealth Alliance submits [https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-grant-darpa/:grant proposal to DARPA] to insert furin cleavage sites into SARS-CoV viruses to more efficiently bind to human cells
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== January 2019 ==
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* Japan [https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00386/japan-gripped-by-major-flu-outbreak.html:gripped by] worst flu outbreak on record
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== March 2019 ==
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* SARS-CoV-2 genome detected in Spanish [https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.13.20129627v1:wastewater samples]
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== May 2019 ==
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* China [https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Most-read-in-2021/China-PCR-test-orders-soared-before-first-confirmed-COVID-case:doubles purchases] of PCR tests
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* SARS-CoV-2 antibodies [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abe1107:present] in UK
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== June 2019 ==
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* Australia [https://thewest.com.au/news/public-health/wa-flu-deaths-spike-800-per-cent-in-horror-season-ng-b881240641z:gripped by] worst flu outbreak on record
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== July 2019 ==
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* EVALI '[http://www.stdaily.com/English/ChinaNews/2021-08/04/content_1210957.shtml:outbreak]' in Wisconsin with symptoms very similar to those of SARS-CoV-2 infections
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* Unknown respiratory illness [https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/health-officials-to-give-update-after-respiratory-illness-sickens-dozens-at-virginia-retirement-community/135890/:outbreak] in Virginia nursing home sickens dozens of elderly residents with fever and pneumonia
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== August 2019 ==
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* Analysis [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/coronavirus-may-have-been-in-wuhan-in-august-study-suggests:finds indirect indicators] that virus was present in Wuhan
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* Fort Detrick biolab is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Detrick#2019_closure_and_resumption_of_operations:shut down for three months] due to breaches of containment
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== September 2019 ==
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* SARS-CoV-2 RNA [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3883274:present in] Italian skin biopsies
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* SARS-CoV-2 antibodies [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/33176598:present in] Italian blood samples
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* Wuhan Institute of Virology takes it's pathogen database offline (containing 22,000 bat and rodent specimens)
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* US [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/health/predict-usaid-viruses.html:shuts down] the 'Predict' research programme, which sought to identify animal viruses that might infect humans
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== October 2019 ==
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Military_World_Games:2019 Military World Games] held in Wuhan, with 9,308 athletes from 109 countries competing in 329 events over the span of 9 days. Athletes present [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10382127/Canadian-military-officer-calls-probe-ground-zero-Covid-outbreak-Wuhan-games.html:describe] getting sick, and Wuhan being a "ghost town".
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* US Consulate General in Wuhan [https://statemag.state.gov/2020/04/0420feat05/:aware] of a severe respiratory illness circulating
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* Maryland hospitals receive [https://archive.ph/qbNoi:an influx of patients] suffering from respiratory illnesses. The majority tested negative for influenza.
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* John Hopkins, WEF and the Gates Foundation host a simulation of a novel zoonotic coronavirus pandemic ([https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/scenario.html:"Event 201"])
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== November 2019 ==
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* SARS-CoV-2 RNA [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721012651:present in] human wastewater in Santa Catarina, Brazil
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* SARS-CoV-2 antibodies [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-020-00716-2:present in] France
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* Unofficial Chinese "patient zero" [https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back:traced back] to November 17
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* French thoracic scans [https://www.fondation-diaconat.fr/images/Presse/2020/CP-HAS-Imagerie-mdicale-7-mai-2020.pdf:show] lung damage indicative of COVID infection
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* US intelligence agencies <i>allegedly</i> [https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-alerted-israel-nato-to-disease-outbreak-in-china-in-november-report/:alert] NATO and Israel to an emerging disease in Wuhan
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* US intelligence report [https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligence-on-sick-staff-at-wuhan-lab-fuels-debate-on-covid-19-origin-11621796228:claims] three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalised

Revision as of 19:28, 15 June 2022

April 2012

  • Six miners in Yunnan hospitalised with symptoms very similar to a SARS-CoV-2 infection after catching coronavirus strain RaTG13/CoV4991. Three miners died. Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers collected tissue samples, and later visited the caves to acquire more material.

October 2014

  • US government funding of gain-of-function research that makes viruses more dangerous, pending further risk assessment.

November 2015

  • Research into a lab-made coronavirus related to SARS-CoV debate over whether the pandemic potential was worth the risk.

December 2017

  • NIH funding of Gain-of-Function research.

March 2018

  • EcoHealth Alliance submits proposal to DARPA to insert furin cleavage sites into SARS-CoV viruses to more efficiently bind to human cells

January 2019

  • Japan by worst flu outbreak on record

March 2019

  • SARS-CoV-2 genome detected in Spanish samples

May 2019

  • China purchases of PCR tests
  • SARS-CoV-2 antibodies [1] in UK

June 2019

  • Australia by worst flu outbreak on record

July 2019

  • EVALI '[2]' in Wisconsin with symptoms very similar to those of SARS-CoV-2 infections
  • Unknown respiratory illness [3] in Virginia nursing home sickens dozens of elderly residents with fever and pneumonia

August 2019

September 2019

  • SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Italian skin biopsies
  • SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Italian blood samples
  • Wuhan Institute of Virology takes it's pathogen database offline (containing 22,000 bat and rodent specimens)
  • US down the 'Predict' research programme, which sought to identify animal viruses that might infect humans

October 2019

  • Military World Games held in Wuhan, with 9,308 athletes from 109 countries competing in 329 events over the span of 9 days. Athletes present [4] getting sick, and Wuhan being a "ghost town".
  • US Consulate General in Wuhan [5] of a severe respiratory illness circulating
  • Maryland hospitals receive influx of patients suffering from respiratory illnesses. The majority tested negative for influenza.
  • John Hopkins, WEF and the Gates Foundation host a simulation of a novel zoonotic coronavirus pandemic ("Event 201")

November 2019

  • SARS-CoV-2 RNA in human wastewater in Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in France
  • Unofficial Chinese "patient zero" back to November 17
  • French thoracic scans [6] lung damage indicative of COVID infection
  • US intelligence agencies allegedly [7] NATO and Israel to an emerging disease in Wuhan
  • US intelligence report [8] three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalised