COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 Timeline to 2023
COVID-19 - A Chronological Bibliography
[UPDATE: The initial posting of this timeline took place on 4 May 2020, as a result of the author's increasing suspicions over story being presented to the public concerning the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The first version was hacked and subsequently copied on 5 July 2020 to this current site, which continues to be updated. The introductory comments were written around the same time, though they have since been slightly amended as their basic content remains relevant. The initial suspicions of the current author, first raised in February 2020, were confirmed as time passed, and especially during July 2023 with the revelations by the US Congress that international scientists conspired during that month to promote the false claim that COVID-19 was naturally occurring and not, as they realised, constructed in a laboratory as a result of gain-of-function research. International treatment of the virus at that point - February 2020 - went from being science-based to politics-based, and remains so to the present day. MO 10 September 2023]
Sharri Markson, Damning new evidence reveals what leading scientists really thought of COVID origins, Sky News Australia, 25 July 2023, YouTube, duration: 20.02 minutes.
Introduction
In understanding the true origin of the coronavirus pandemic of 2019-2020 and beyond - i.e., the spread of SARS-CoV-2, more commonly known as COVID-19 - it is interesting to look at the timeline of its development, especially as it arose in Wuhan, China, but with an emphasis on the science. Such a focus is not simple or easy, as the science involves cutting-edge genome studies, complex microbiological and biochemical discussions and analyses, and theoretical conclusions which are often arguable and may, or may not, be conclusive or definitive. In addition, individual scientists may bring to the table personal opinions, prejudices and politics which can affect their work and its impact on society in general. The other major element in this story is the broader political environment and how the major players such as China, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United States and other Western nations, deal with, or dealt with, the pandemic. This especially applies to the release of information by all parties, often not based on medical and scientific grounds, but on political, economic or reputational implications. We have seen this most noticeably in regards to China and the United States, though they are not the only nations to politically manipulate the situation, with the President of Brazil and the Governor of Texas, for example, head-in-the-sand politicians who have been prepared to see people get sick and die rather than implement the best advice of medical and scientific experts across the board. [NB: This latter statement must now be reconsidered in light of recent revelations regarding the dangers of the vaccines released, the misinformation regarding those groups most susceptible, and the simple mistruths propogated, such as the effects of masks. MO 10.9.23] This is clearly revealed by the contrary actions of politicians in countries such as New Zealand, Taiwan and Vietnam who have, by and large, limited the spread through strong action early on in the spread of the pandemic.
In looking at the source and early history of the COVID-19 outbreak, the culpability of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) shines through in regards to political censorship and cronyism, as does the later action of US President Donald Trump in stifling efforts to stem the tide of the pandemic in that country, whilst at the same time calling for China to come clean on its liability. Also figuring large, though to a lesser degree, is the ongoing corruption within the World Health Organisation, which, at the time of the outbreak, appeared unreasonably bound to China and, as a result, was lax in warning the world of the impending crisis. The WHO also failed to promote the important work done by nations such as Taiwan in dealing with the pandemic. The early scientific research by independent Chinese researchers between December 2019 - January 2020 is crucial to the story, especially as this proved a period prior to the imposition of heavy censorship and denial by the CCP. Also crucial is the testimony of Chinese health workers who spoke out, and suffered accordingly through the action of the police and CCP enforcers. There was no need for such a censorial regime in regard to a health crisis - unless there was something to hide from the people of China and the world at large? What was hidden, in fact, was the literally millions of deaths in China due to the government-supported campaign to release the virus and lock down populations in order to maximise the spread and resulting death rate. This was not a pandemic - it was a State-sponsored genocide.
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| Disposal of bodies, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 12 April 2020. |
Official inquiries into the origin of the pandemic continue to be tainted by political interference. The main issues at hand remain:
Q1: What was the origin of COVID-19? Was it the result of 'gain-of-function' research and experimentation, in which naturally occurring genetic material, such as bat-sourced coronavirus and HIV virus genome data, were combined to create a synthetic virus with unknown pathology and for possible use as a biological weapon? Yes.
Q2: Did COVID-19 originate in a laboratory i.e. was it a natural virus which was manipulated through the gain-of-function processed, stored in a laboratory for research purposes, and then accidentally or purposefully spread to the wider community? Yes.
Q3: Why did the Communist Party of China seek to hide the fact of a new contagious coronavirus for approximately 2 months between mid' November and mid' January 2020, thereby allowing the virus to spread around the world and leave nations unprepared? Saving Face - i.e., hiding guilt.
Q4: Did China and the United States meaningfully seek to create a world-wide pandemic which would result in the loss of millions of lives? Possibly.
The first two questions remain unanswered, despite stringent attempts by China to suggest foreign causes and debunk any suggestion of a 'gain-of-function' laboratory origin. The laboratory origin was strongly supported both within and without China during the early stages of the investigative research process, and remains pertinent to this day among elements of the scientific and intelligence community. The reason for the initial and ongoing censoring may never be known, through some have suggested that it relates to culpability by the Chinese military and CCP in regard to development and release of the coronavirus, and also corruption in the name of profit to be made from the stockpiling of personal protective equipment prior to a public announcement of the need for such supplies - as occurred in China early in the outbreak. The campaign by the CCP to rewrite the true history of the development and spread of the coronavirus remains prominent and is revealed, in part, through the following timeline and the claim to an origin outside of China. Fortunately, the postings by various scientists and investigative reporters is setting this campaign back. Hopefully, the truth will win out, if it is not already revealed by the information presented below. It should be noted that Australian newspapers such as the Daily Telegraph and The Australian have been at the forefront of this push to reveal the truth.
Comment
In 2023 it is clear that China and the West, through gain-of-function research beginning in the early 2000s, developed an artificial coronavirus based on a naturally occurring, Chinese bat coronavirus. From 2017 it got into the hands of the Chinese military and was subsequently developed, and released, as a bio-weapon. The results were catastrophic, in both China and abroad. Those countries who implemented compulsory vaccination regimes (e.g., Australia, with 80%+ coverage) subsequently experienced excess death rates from 2020 onwards, outside of the initial Covid-based fatalities for those with co-morbidities. The toxicity of the vaccines was the main culprit. As a bio-weapon, COVID-19 was an outstanding success.
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| Dr. Shi Zhengli, Director, in the Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory in 2017. |
Recent scientific studies have revealed that SARS-CoV-2 is an artificial, laboratory modified version - not a natural mutation - of the original bat coronavirus RAT-G-13 (96.2% similarity). Artificial additions include:
- Furin Cleavage Site - binding to the S2 protein. This is bad as it facilitates human to human transmission. Refer numerous papers on this topic and the debate regarding natural mutation versus laboratory creation.
- A 2016 patented human-optimized codon-present MSH3 sequence. This is bad as it generates over-expression of MSH3 which in turn gives rise to lots of damage to cells, including cancers, by impacting upon the DNA repair process. Refer the presentation below at 24 February 2022 for a detailed description of the process.
- HIV. This is bad. Refer research paper at 31 January 2020.
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| Dr Breen, MSH3 insertion in SARS-CoV-2, 24 February 2022. |
The result of this gain-of-function research - which was presented as a genuine effort to create a vaccine in the event of the natural spread of a virus and resultant pandemic - was the creation of a bio-weapon which resulted in the death of millions. Members of the medical profession had warned against this happening, but the research by China and the West continued. Authorities at the highest level, including the intelligence agencies, knew all this. The public was duped, told lies and poisoned by toxic vaccines that had not gone through the normal, rigorous testing. Death, myocarditus amongst young people, and Long Covid were some of the outcomes. All of this was carried out with the support of government, Big Pharma, and the media. It can only be classified as one of the biggest conspiracies of all time. This is not a theory, as the following references and scientific studies show. It is fact.
Timeline
1956
- The Asian Flu originates from China.
1976
- The Hanta virus outbreak in South Korea is identified as related to human contact with rat excrement and urine.
1994
- The spread of the Hendra virus in Australia is the first known modern occurrence of animal (horses) to human transmission of a virus. Horses were eventually identified as intermediate hosts, with the infection derived from native Australian bats known as Flying Foxes.
- H5NI Bird Flu originates from China.
1999
- During the Nipah henipavirus outbreak in Malaysia, contagion is identified as having jumped from pigs to humans. The pigs were identified as intermediate hosts, with the infection originally derived from bats.
2002-2004
- The Chinese SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) coronavirus spreads from bats to humans, though at the time the Palm Civet - a cat like mammal - was proposed as the source. One scenario was that a cook who was preparing a civet to be eaten got infected; he eventually got sick, went to hospital and, in turn, unknowingly infected a doctor; the doctor went to Hong Kong and spread the infection at the Hotel Metropole.
2004
- Chinese microbiologist Shi Zhengli and her team from the Wuhan
Institute of Virology discover bats with coronavirus antibodies in caves
in Yunnan province, southern China. This indicates that they are a
source, and not an intermediate host. The team continue testing and
collecting bats at various cave sites for 5 years in order to develop
this link and publish numerous academic papers. The animals are also
taken live to Wuhan for further study.
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| Shi Zhengli releases a sampled bat, China, 2004. |
2005
- October: Shi Zhengli et al., Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses, Science, 310(5748), 2015, 676-679. An early paper on the link between bats and coronaviruses.
2006
- 16 November: US firm Chiron Corporation applies for a patent for SARS Coronavirus, in order to develop a vaccine. URL: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/patent/US2006257852.
- December: Shi Zhengli et al., Review of bats and SARS, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 12(12), 2006, 1834-1840. This is the result of work carried out by researchers in China, Australia and the US.
2007
- October: Shi Zhengli et al., Evolutionary relationship between bat coronaviruses and their hosts, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(10), 2007, 1526-1532.
- October: Vincent C.C. Chang et al., Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus as an agent of emerging and reemerging infection, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2007, 20(4), 660–694. This paper warns of the risk of the emergence of new coronaviruses due to the reservoir in bats.
2008
- Shi Zhengli et al., A review of studies on animal reservoirs of the SARS coronavirus, Virus Research, 133(1), 2008, 74-87. Numerous other papers on this topic were also published in this year by Zhengli and her associates.
2009
- June: P. Zhou et al., Immunogenicity difference between the SARS coronavirus and the bat SARS-like coronavirus spike (S) proteins, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 387(2), 2009, 326-329. Research carried out by the Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan, and the CSIRO, Australia. This points to the close collaboration between researchers in Australia and China.
2010
- June: Shi Zhengli et al., Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE) proteins of different bat species confer variable susceptibility to SARS-CoV entry, Archives of Virology, 155, 2010, 1563-1569. This paper unearths the passageway for the transmission of coronavirus from animals into humans, with research focused on the role of the S (spike) protein which facilitates entry into human cells and the blood stream. This is possibly an early reference to so-called 'gain of function' research in which laboratories are used to create viruses that do not, or would not, naturally occur in the wild.
- July: Shi Zhengli et al., Hantavirus outbreak associated with laboratory rats in Yunnan, China, Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 10(5), 2010, 638-644. Students at a college get infected by lab rats and the virus mutates into a combination of the two.
2012
- The MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) coronavirus spreads from host camels (?) to humans in Saudi Arabia and to other countries.
- Shi Zhengli et al., Metagenomic analysis of viruses from bat fecal samples reveals many novel viruses in insectivorous bats in China, Journal of Virology, 86(8), 2012, 4620-4630.
- Zhiqiang Wu et al., Novel Henipa-like virus, Mojiang Paramyxovirus, in rats, China, 2012, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20(6), June 2012, 1064-1066. On 13 July 2020 this was identified as a possible origin of COVID-19.
- Six miners in China enter an abandoned mine to clean out bat faeces and become sick with a virus similar to COVID-19. Three subsequently die. A study of the faeces reveals the virus now known as RAT-G-13, which is the closest known coronavirus to COVID-19.
- Anthony S. Fauci, Research on highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus: the way forward, mBio, 3(5), September-October 2012. This paper argues for gain of function research to continue, despite its dangers. Dr. Anthony Fauci and associate Dr. Peter Daszak go on to support 65 US research collaboration projects with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
2013
- 30 October: Shi Zhengli et al., Isolation and characterisation of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor, Nature, 503, 535-538. The paper identifies Chinese horseshoe bats as natural reservoirs for SARS-CoV with S proteins, suggesting that it is likely transmittable directly to humans, without the need for an intervening host. This highlights the danger of the coronavirus to a human population.
- French-Chinese cooperation begins in the construction of a new P4 Laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Completed in 2017.
2014
- The Ebola virus spreads within Africa. It is believed to have derived directly from bat to human contact. A second outbreak occurs in August 2018.
- 16 October: The US Obama Administration announces the Statement on Funding Pause on Certain Types of Gain-of-Function Research, including a halt to experiments with influenza, SARS and MERS viruses which have the potential to cause an accidental, human-instigated pandemic. Gain-of-function is used in association with biological warfare. NB: This type of research did not stop as a result of the Obama ban.
- Dr. Anthony Fauci's NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) letter authorises gain-of-function research to continue at Chapel Hill, and recognised that Ralph Barrett's GOF research was subject to the moratorium. In 2023 Dr Fauci denies before the US Congress and Senator Rand Paul ever funding GOF research.
- US grants $3.4M to Dr. Peter Daszak of Ecohealth Alliance, who then passes $598,500 on to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to investigate coronavirus in bats over a 5 year period.
2015
- April - Dany Shoham, China's Biological Warfare Programme: An Integrative Study with Special Reference to Biological Weapons Capabilities, Journal of Defence Studies, April 2015, 9(2). Noted that China had 30 facilities developing and testing biological weapons. It is suspected that coronaviruses are part of this program run, in part, by the People's Liberation Army, which is an arm of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party).
- 23 July - US company the Pirbright Institute submits a patent application for a coronavirus which could form the basis for a vaccine to prevent respiratory disease in birds. URL: https://patents.justia.com/patent/10130701.
- October - Shi Zhengli research discovers SARS antibodies from bats in people living near the bat caves, suggesting direct infection. This supports earlier findings regarding the direct transmission of viruses from bats to humans.
- 9 November - Shi Zhengli et al., A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence, Nature Medicine, 21, 2015, 1508-1513. This paper reveals that Zhengli and her team have created a new (synthetic) virus in the laboratory from SARS-CoV and the bat S protein - one which would be transmissible directly to humans. Upon testing with rats, this resulted in severe lung infection. There was also a plan to test this on primates. This was an example of the controversial 'gain-of-function' research banned in the US the previous year. This is also the origin, in part, of the suggestion that this new form of SARS-CoV was, in fact, SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 and escaped from the Wuhan laboratory, or was released from there at some point (c.f. Phillips 2020, Daily Telegraph 2 May 2020). It is also possible that other laboratories in China were responsible for the release - accidental or intended - of the virus.
- 12 November - Declan Butler, Engineered bat virus stirs debate over risky research. Lab-made coronavirus related to SARS can infect human cells, Nature News, 12 November 2015. Deep concern is expressed by Butler and other members of the scientific community over the Shi Zhengli research paper in regard to possible or likely human infection by accidental or purposeful release of the newly synthesised coronavirus variant of SARS-CoV. This highlights the dangers of gain of function research. Despite these concerns, and the Obama decree, it appears that no notice was taken and the gain-of-function research continued, with the US, Australia, China, and the UK the main countries involved.
- The Unnatural Origin of SARS and New Species of Man Made Viruses as Genetic Bioweapons [report], Peoples Liberation Army et al., 2015 (Chinese language). The existence of this report by 18 Chinese scientists and bioweapon experts was publicised early in 2021. The report stated that a family of viruses called coronaviruses could be “artificially manipulated into an emerging human disease virus, then weaponised and unleashed in a way never seen before.” This is a possible / likely prediction of what happened during 2019.
2016
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2017
- May: The Wuhan Institute of Virology opens a new P4 biosafety laboratory, built in cooperation with the French government, who were subsequently banned from usage of it. A video is made at the time which shows the storage of live bats at the facility and experimentation upon them. It is entitled Persistence Unyielding - The construction and research team of the Wuhan National Biosafety Level 4 Laboratory. The storage of live bats at the WIV is denied by the Chinese and their US colleagues until the video is released in June 2021 by DRASTIC.
- January - US consular visit to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
- 5 January - Discovery of a number of bat-derived coronaviruses from Zhoushan Province by researchers associated with the Third Military Medical University of Chongqing and the Institute of Military Medicine, Nanjing Command. A research paper is subsequently published in September 2018. This is separate from the Shi Zhengli Wuhan-based research and points to the Chinese military's involvement in the coronavirus program.
- 19 January - Following a US consular visit to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a report is made raising concerns over safety and management issues at the laboratory. The matter of work on bat coronaviruses and possible human contamination was also noted in the report (Washington Post 14 April 2020).
- 27 March - US consular delegation visits Wuhan Institute of Virology. Follow-up visit by US Consular delegation to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in regard to concerns around the work there and safety measures.
- June - Chinese hospitals are put under the direct administrative control of the local Chinese Communist Party secretary. This results in the politicisation of the health system.
- 12 September - Dan Hu et al., Genome characterization and infectivity of a novel SARS-like coronavirus in Chinese bats, Emerging Microbes and Infections, 7, 2018, 154. Paper by People's Liberation Army scientists. Known as the Zhoushan Virus, in later studies it showed a very high similarity to COVID-19, with 100% amino acid protein similarity suggesting that the latter could not be a natural mutation, but was derived from reverse engineering, or a recombination event. This points to a connection between the Chinese biological weapons program, gain-of-function research and COVID-19.
- 14 November - Shi Zhengli speaks at Shanghai Jiaotong University on 'Studies on bat coronavirus and its cross-species infection'.
- 30 November - Ben Hu et al., Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights in to the origin of SARS coronavirus, PLOS Pathogens, 30 November 2017.
- 10 December - Shi Zhengli et al., Origin and evolution of pathogenic corona viruses, Nature Reviews Microbiology, 17, 2018, 181-192. This paper is a review of coronavirus outbreaks to date.
2018
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2019
May 2019
A military hospital in Wuhan, China, begins to purchase PCR tests for a coronavirus - PCR means polymerase chain reaction. It is a test to detect genetic material from a specific organism, such as a virus. There is also a spike in purchases by universities and other sites in China. This suggests that the CCP was very early on made aware of the possible / probable / actual pandemic nature of their gain-of-function research in regard to coronaviruses. One suggestion is that this was a precursor to the imminent release in China of a coronavirus as a bio-weapon.
July 2019
- The US Trump administration cancels Dr Linda Quick's position embedded in the Chinese Centre for Disease Control (CDC). The precise reason for this is not known.
August 2019
- COVID-19 begins spreading in Wuhan (refer August 2021 US Congress report). This is likely the result of a laboratory leak or non-accidental release.
September 2019
- First cases of "severe pneumonia" are reported in China. Possibly / likely COVID-19.
- First cases of COVID-19 infection appear in France and possibly Italy (refer report published 17 November 2020). France had participated in the construction of the Wuhan Institute of Virology up to 2017 and may have had access to the coronavirus research taking place there. It was subsequently revealed that they were aware of China's bio-weapons research in this area.
- 12 September - commencement of process of removing Wuhan Institute of Virology virus databases from online open access via the internet. No reason is given for this, but it appears to be part of the CCP coverup.
- 12 September - Wuhan Institute of Virology issues a US$1.3M contract for a Security Services Procurement Project.
- 16 September - Wuhan Institute of Virology announces US$606M contract for new air conditioning. This is likely in response to concerns over the release of dangerous materials which can impact upon WIV staff.
October 2019
- Antoine Izambard, France Chine, les liaisons dangereuses [France and China: Dangerous Liaisons], Stock, Paris, 2 October 2019, 240p. Account of French sale of P4 labs to China and concerns over military bio-weapons research.
- 6-11 October - report by a private investigation firm suggests that there was a possible hazardous event at the Wuhan Institute of Virology P4 Lab during this time, causing it to be closed and a roadblock put in place through to 25 October (NBC 9 May 2020; MACE E-PAI COVID-19 Analysis report, May 2020).
- 18-27 October - World Military Games held in Wuhan, China. Events are held in the hilly, wooded area adjacent to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. It is possible this was a coronavirus super-spreader event, passing it on to military personnel from countries in Europe, Asia and America, plus China. Numerous participating athletes subsequently come down with a COVID-like illness, both during the games and upon their return home (see 17 May 2020).
- 28 October - Brace for Impact (BFI) index system in Hong Kong correlates words "SARS", "Wuhan" and "Pneumonia" to be 0.6.
- Wei Jingsheng, Chinese democratic defector to the US, states that the virus was spreading in China during October 2019, and was deliberately released to foreigners at the Wuhan Military Games.
- Three workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology become sick with the virus (Markson 2021).
November 2019
- early November: It is likely that the new (novel) coronavirus begins spreading in Wuhan - a city of 11 million people - from an unknown source, though original laboratory infection is possible, if not probable. The cost of health care in China inhibits early reporting, as does censorship by the CCP at all levels of the bureaucracy, within the media, and on social media. The fact that Wuhan is located some 1,000 kilometres from the Yunnan bat source, and that bats were stored in the Wuhan laboratory, enhances the suspicion of a laboratory origin, whether that be through direct contact with the bats, or with the product of gain-of-function research and an artificial, man-made coronavirus. The latter is the most likely scenario.
- November: the Wuhan Institute of Virology purchases a PCR virus testing machine.
3 November
- A married couple from Inner Mongolia are transported to Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing, and diagnosed with "viral pneumonia plague".
- A series of training workshops begin at the Wuhan Institute of Virology on Biosafety Lab Management and Techniques. This perhaps follows on concerns expressed by US authorities in regard to lax safety measures at the Wuhan lab. There is also the possibility that they arose due to the outbreak of illness amongst lab workers.
9 November
- Brace for Impact (BFI) index of correlation for "SARS" and "Wuhan" is now at 0.8.
12 November
- Chinese censors instruct news aggregators to block and control online discussion about the term "plague".
- Beijing confirms the case of the Inner Mongolia plague patients. URL: https://www.sohu.com/a/353347285_114731.
16 November
- a third case of viral pneumonia plague is reported from an Inner Mongolia man.
17 November
- First report of a person from Hubei infected with coronavirus initially referred to as SARS-CoV-2 (SARS2) and later as 2019-nCoV and then COVID-19 (South China Morning Post 13 March 2020). This is the earliest public date that China has regarding the origin of COVID-19.
- 1 to 6 new cases of the new coronavirus are being reported daily in Wuhan.
- Words like SARS, Feidian, shortness of breath, dyspnea and diarrhea begin appearing on Chinese social media.
18 November
- A third case of viral pneumonia plague is diagnosed.
late November
- Of the first 9 reported cases of a SARS-like virus, there were 4 men and 5 women, aged between 39 and 79. No Patient Zero is publically identified.
- The US National Centre for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) reports on a pandemic spreading throughout Wuhan. The intelligence reporting has not been released. The existence of a specific report to the White House in November was subsequently denied by the head of the NCMI, though the existence of the intelligence was not. See 9 April 2020 reference below.
- Three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology fall sick and are hospitalised with COVID-19 like symptoms. Refer Wall Street Journal, 23 May 2021.
December 2019
1 December - First laboratory confirmed case of coronavirus in China i.e., the first patient identified - Patient Zero. (The Lancet 24 January 2020).
2 December - 41 patients are identified with 2019-nCoV in a Wuhan hospital by this date. Patient Zero, and 13 others in the initial cluster of 41, are cited as having no connection with the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, Wuhan. The latter location is subsequently cited by Chinese authorities and members of the WHO investigation team as the source of the outbreak, through the purchase and digestion of bats, or an infected pangolin. However, no bats were sold at the market (The Lancet 24 January 2020). This scenario would continue to be put forward by members of the scientific community, in order to steer away from the laboratory release knowledge.
6 December - Five days after a man linked to Wuhan's seafood market presented with pneumonia-like symptoms, his wife contracts it, suggesting / indicating human-to-human transmission. (Daily Telegraph 2 May 2020).
8 December - One of the earliest known coronavirus patients falls ill in Wuhan, China (FOX News April 2020).
10 December - Wei Guixan, a 57 year old female prawn seller who works at the Wuhan seafood market contracts coronavirus and starts to feel sick. Eight days later she is hospitalised. (The Wall Street Journal 6 March 2020)
15 December - US Professor Lipkin first hears of coronavirus outbreak.
24 December - Vision Medicals genetic technology company in China obtains sample of a bat-like SARS coronavirus from Wuhan. It is revealed to be 81% similar to the 2003 SARS virus.
26 December - Evidence of a new virus emerges from Wuhan patient data. (Daily Telegraph 2 May 2020).
27 December
- China's health authorities are told by Dr. Zhang Jixian from Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine that a novel disease, then affecting 180 patients, was caused by a new coronavirus. (Daily Telegraph 2.5.2020) She observed an elderly couple with the virus who had no contact with the Wuhan seafood market and who had likely infected each other. She reported to the local branch of the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), rather than logging it with the central disease report system. This information was kept hidden from the public. Fours days later 4 more patients arrived at the hospital, all with connections to the seafood market.
- A patient tested in Paris on this date was subsequently shown to have had COVID-19 at this time. The origin is unknown, as the person had not traveled out of the country. This may have arisen out of the October 2019 World Military Games super-spreader event, or the earlier spread in France and Italy. It is suggestive of the early spread of the pandemic in Europe.
- Vision Medicals shares results and near complete gene sequence with Wuhan Central Hospital and the Institute of Pathology and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
28 December - President Xi meets with the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), a former health minister from Ethiopia. China promises to construct an $85M medical facility in that country. It is subsequently shown that China influences in a negative way the action of the WHO in dealing with the pandemic over coming months.
29 December - A panel of doctors at the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine agree that the virus can be spread amongst humans.
- Vision Medicals exchanges results with Wuhan Central Hospital and Wuhan Centre for Disease Control.
30 December
- Dr. Ai Fen, Director of the Emergency Department of the Central Hospital of Wuhan, receives a laboratory report which states that one of her patients has a "SARS coronavirus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, 46 types of oral / respiratory colonisation bacteria". She disperses this report to her colleagues, including Dr. Li Wenliang.
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| Dr Li Wenliang d.7.2.20. |
- A Wuhan doctor - Dr. Li Wenliang - raises the alarm on the coronavirus via WeChat: Latest news, coronavirus infection confirmed, now carrying out virus typing... Seven confirmed cases from the Huanan Fruit and Seafood Market. Patients were already being treated under quarantine, indicating that the virus was contagious, and he sought to warn colleagues. Two days later he is arrested by the Public Security Bureau in Wuhan, plus his family is put under surveillance. He is forced to sign a document which states that he is a "rumour monger". (FOX)
- Wuhan Health Commission issues an internal notice regarding a pneumonia of unknown cause.
- Shi Zhengli claims (Scientific American, 11 March 2020) that on this date she was first informed of the COVID-19 outbreak, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology received its first patient samples for testing and identification of the then "unknown" virus. This seems strange, to say the least, considering all the events and research that had taken place and been carried out since mid November in Wuhan, with the first laboratory test results identifying a coronavirus received almost a month earlier, on 1 December.
31 December
- China first officially alerts the WHO's Beijing office of a "pneumonia of unknown cause" which is sickening dozens of people in Wuhan. (FOX)
- Taiwan warns the WHO about possible human-to-human transmission of a new (novel) coronavirus. (FOX). China opposes Taiwan's participation in the WHO.
- Chinese internet authorities begin censoring terms from social media such as 'Wuhan Unknown Pneumonia' (Daily Telegraph 2 May 2020). The coverup by the CCP continues in earnest.
- Wuhan Health Commission issues a public statement connecting the pneumonia outbreak with the local seafood / wet market. It also states, despite evidence to the contrary, that there are "no clear signs of human to human transmission", no medical personnel had been affected (a lie), and it could be kept under control (wrong). It disregards the evidence that over one third of cases were unrelated to the wet market, thereby likely covering up the true source of the outbreak.
- An Expert Panel visits Wuhan and sets criteria for identification of the new coronavirus, with a link to the wet market nominated as one of the necessary criteria. This therefore excludes all cases not related to the wet market from being recognised and entered into the official statistics.
- US Centre for Disease Control officially learns of a cluster of coronavirus cases in China.
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2020
January 2020
1 January
- Eight Wuhan doctors who warned about the new virus are arrested by Wuhan police, detained, publically condemned and forced to confess to "fabricating, disseminating and spreading rumors". These included Dr. Li Wenliang.
- Dr. Ai Fen is also severely rebuked by the hospital board for "spreading rumours". She is told: "You are the sinner who affects the stability and unity of Wuhan. You are the culprit that undermines the development of Wuhan". She later states on 11 March: “If I had known what was to happen, I would not have cared about the reprimand. I would have fucking talked about it to whoever, where ever I could.”
- The Wuhan wet market is closed and cleaned. This results in the removal of important evidence regarding the outbreak there and its subsequent branding as the origin of the pandemic.
- Hubai Health Commission officials order Vision Medicals to destroy all its samples, make no new studies, or make public any findings from its work to date. This is clearly part of the CCP coverup.
2 January
- Professor Yan-Yi Wang, Head of Wuhan Institute of Virology P4 Lab, imposes on all staff a prohibition on the disclosure of any and all information related to the Wuhan unknown pneumonia, by order of the National Health Commission. Wang is a scientist and high ranking CCP politician.
- There is a public campaign by the CCP through its official television station CCTV to denounce Dr. Li and his colleagues as "rumour mongers" when in fact they were merely disseminating the truth.
- The Naval Engineering University orders security staff to monitor visitors suspected of being infected with an unknown pneumonia virus originating from Wuhan. This follows the Naval Engineering Department Instruction #298 of 2019. It also notes that this information is not to be publically disclosed. This means that the Chinese military was well aware of the dangers of the new coronavirus pandemic.
3 January
- China's top health authority - the National Health Commission - issues a gag order on all research, papers and statements re the coronavirus, and the destruction of samples. This is part of a coverup.
- The National Health Commission issues a non-specific, private warning to medical officials on how to deal with an outbreak of a pandemic. This information does not correspond to public pronouncements.
- China informs the US of the existence of a pandemic and gives daily updates to the WHO.
- Robert Redfield, head of the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks to Gao Fu, head of the Chinese equivalent CDC. Fu breaks down and tells Redfield of the seriousness of the outbreak.
- US President Trump receives a daily brief which refers to the COVID-19 outbreak in China.
- Dr. Li is forced to sign a statement where he admitted that he had broken the law and "seriously disrupted social order" in speaking publically of the dangers of the pandemic.
- China and Iran begin cyber attacks on US COVID-19 researchers regarding the development of vaccines.
- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre receives samples from 'ground zero' (supposedly deemed by China as the Wuhan seafood market) and begins genome sequencing.
5 January
- Wuhan Municipal Health Commission stops releasing daily updates on the new coronavirus cases. This continues until 18 January. There is no explanation for the silence, though it is likely related to the 3 January censorship decree.
- 汉市卫生健康委员会关于不明原因的病毒性肺炎情况通报 [Situation notice about the mysterious viral pneumonia from Wuhan Municipal Health Commission], Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, 5 January 2020. URL: http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010509020.
- Professor Zhang Yongzhen's laboratory in Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory - completes identification of the coronavirus genome and reports to the National Health Commission, with recommendations for prevention measures.
- Pneumonia of unknown cause – China, World Health Organization, 5 January 2020. URL: https://www.who.int/csr/don/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china/en.
- Ciaxin reports that 'CT scan of Dr. Lu Jun showed abnormalities' and medical personnel were getting the coronavirus. His illness is confirmed 2 days later.
- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre finishes sequencing samples and confirms new coronavirus. Government is informed but appears to ignore this information.
6 January
- Trump administration offers to send a US medical team to China to help. China says no.
- US CDC issues cautionary travel notice re Wuhan.
7 January
- Paper submitted to Nature: A new coronavirus associated with Wuhan respiratory disease in China. Published on 3 February. Points out that the coronavirus is closely related to two viruses sampled from bats in Zhoushan by scientists attached to the People's Liberation Army.
- According to the Chinese government, Premier Xi Jinping first provided 'instructions' regarding the virus on this date, ordering that news of it not disturb the holiday atmosphere. Over the next two weeks millions of Chinese would travel around the country for this holiday period, spreading and contracting the virus.
- A 69 year old patient subject to surgery at Wuhan Union Hospital subsequently infects 14+ hospital staff with the coronavirus.
8 January
- US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issues alert notice on Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.
10 January
- People's Republic of China (PRC) official Wang Guangfa says the outbreak is "under control" and mostly a "mild condition." Xinhua, 10 January, 2020. URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/2020-01/10/c_1125445340.htm.
- The full genome sequence of the novel coronavirus is publically released by Professor Zhang Yongzhen's laboratory in Shanghai, in association with various Chinese research institutes and through Professor Edward Holmes of the University of Sydney.
- Wang Gaungfa of the National Health Commission states there were no infections among medical personnel. This is a lie.
- Dr. Li begins coughing, suggesting symptoms of the virus.
11 January
- China reports first death in new pneumonia outbreak, South China Morning Post, 11 January 2020.
- 专家称武汉不明原因的病毒性肺炎可防可控 [Experts claimed that Wuhan mysterious viral pneumonia can be prevented and controlled], Xinhua, 11 January 2020. URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2020-01/11/c_1125448549.htm.
- Wuhan Health Commission declares no new infections among medical staff. This is a lie.
- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre publishes gene sequence online through Viroligic.org and Genebank.
12 January
- Professor Zhang Yongzhen's laboratory in Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory - is closed by authorities for "rectification", two days after it is involved in sharing the full genomic sequence data with the world for the first time.
- Novel Coronavirus — China, World Health Organization, 12 January 2020. URL: https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/.
13 January
- First coronavirus case reported in Thailand, with a link to Wuhan.
- Three Wuhan nurses confirmed with COVID-19.
- Chinese Health Commission tells Science that there was no infection among 763 health workers.
14 January
- At a closed meeting, PRC National Health Commission chief Ma Xiaowei privately warns colleagues that the virus is likely to develop into a major public health event and is "the most severe challenge since SARS". A set of treatment measures is drawn up and distributed.
- Local CDCs initiate highest level emergency response to the coronavirus.
- Government official on CCTV announces low likelihood of human to human transmission. This is a lie.
- WHO Head of Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Unit, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, echos stance of China in regard to "it's very clear that, right now, we have no sustained human to human transmission." The WHO maintains this position until 23 January - three days after confirmation by China. This is despite evidence to the contrary in China. Was the WHO hoodwinked, or complicit in the deception?
15 January
- Chinese CDC privately warns regional hospitals of a novel coronavirus spread and announces a plan for dealing with it, including treatment.
- Wuhan CDC states: There is no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission. Possibility of limited H-to-H transmission not ruled out. Low risk of sustained H-to-H transmission.
- Three more Wuhan doctors infected. Wuhan Health Commission states no new medical staff infections.
16 January
- China Science and Technology Department releases guidelines on safety and management of all viral laboratories.
17 January
- US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issues updated alert notice on Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.
- Dr. Li-Meng Yan of Hong Kong released information to US YouTuber on the Chinese coverup of the COVID-19 outbreak. She also states that it was made in a lab and belonged to the military, with the codes CC45 and ZXC21. Refer report / interview of 11 September 2020.
18 January
- Second Expert Panel meeting at Wuhan. Members question the origin link to the wet market.
- President Trump briefed by health officials on the coronavirus.
19 January
- Wuhan government hosts 10,000 families to a banquet in celebration of the Chinese New Year.
20 January
- The Chinese government officially acknowledges the coronavirus, following on 6 weeks of suppression.
- Premier Xi Jinping first mentions the coronavirus in the media, and points to "the timely release of information" i.e. the state suppression of information.
- Further suppression of information relating to the coronavirus and it's spread is implemented.
- 83 year old Dr Zhong Nanshan, a veteran expert on SARS, confirms on CCTV state television that the virus can spread between humans.
- Shi Zhengli team paper submitted to Nature: A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probably bat origin. She asserts therein a natural origin, not a lab origin. Published on 3 February.
- US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issues warning note on Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.
21 January
- Science China - Life Sciences paper from China, based on research since 2007, identifies S (spike) protein which enables human transmission of coronavirus, like the SARS virus.
- Tan, Wenjie, et al., A Novel Coronavirus Genome Identified in a Cluster of Pneumonia Cases — Wuhan, China 2019−2020, CCDC Weekly, 21 January 2020. URL: http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/a3907201-f64f-4154-a19e-4253b453d10c.
- A new drug, Remdesivir, provided for free by the US to China for Wuhan coronavirus treatment, is patented by the Wuhan Institute of Virology. It is later stated that Remdesivir and other drugs being used in the treatment of COVID-19 can cause liver damage and partially explain the turning of skin brown by patients. Blood clotting and strokes are also identified as symptoms of the virus (Klok 10 April 2020).
- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison first mentions the SARS-like virus in Wuhan.
- Epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan issues sober warning re virus on Chinese television.
- 锺南山：武汉肺炎有人传人现象 [Zhong Nanshan: There is human to human transmission phenomenon regarding Wuhan Pneumonia], Takungpao, 21 January 2020. URL: http://www.takungpao.com/news/232108/2020/0121/408023.html.
- First US case of COVID-19 reported.
- James T. Areddy, China bat expert says her Wuhan lab wasn't source of new coronavirus, Wall Street Journal, 21 April 2020.
22 January
- Peking University Hospital's Guangfa Wang reports his own infection with COVID-19 is suspected to have resulted from eye contact during an inspection at Wuhan. (Bjnew 22.2.20)
23 January
- Wuhan lock-down begins. 5 million residents and visitors leave the area in the 2 weeks beforehand. Of those, some 60,000 travel to 382 cities around the world.
- Antoine Izambard article on French-Chinese cooperation in Wuhan to establish the P4 Laboratory in 2013. Eventually completed in 2017. By this time, the French had concluded that the Chinese were conducting biochemical weapons experiments.
- Ghebreyesus, Tedros A., WHO Director-General's statement on the advice of the IHR Emergency Committee on Novel Coronavirus, World Health Organization, 23 January 2020. URL: https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-statement-on-the-advice-of-the-ihr-emergency-committee-on-novel-coronavirus.
- Patents being shared online are not related to new virus in China, Snopes / AAP Medical, 23 January 2020. URL: https://www.snopes.com/ap/2020/01/23/patents-being-shared-online-are-not-related-to-new-virus-in-china/.
24 January
- Travel bans are implemented for Hubei's 60 million residents.
- Officials in Beijing prevent the Wuhan Institute of Virology from sharing sample isolates with the University of Texas.
- Chen Wang et al., A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern, The Lancet, 395(10223), P470-473, 24 January 2020.
- Lancet article: Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, Lancet, 395(10322), 24 January 2020. This article questions whether the origin of the virus was the wet market. Subsequent papers in Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine also state this.
- The new coronavirus in China might have jumped to people from snakes, The Conversation, 24 January 2020. Updated 14 February.
25 January
- Australia records its first coronavirus case.
26 January
- Wuhan wet market becomes the official source of the virus following internal analysis. The Institute of Virology CDC announced that 33 of the 585 environmental samples from the wet market contained coronavirus, therefore it was the source, being derived from wild animals sold at the market.
- Wuhan seafood market may not be source of novel virus spreading globally, Science, 26 January 2020. Comment on The Lancet article of 24 January.
- 微信散布疫情 谣言 将 进行限期或永久封禁处理 [Spreading rumors of the epidemic situation on WeChat will be banned [from WeChat] for a limited time or permanently], Xinhua, 26 January 2020. URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-01/26/c_1125503796.htm.
- Military website www.xilu.com [West Land] publishes an article stating that the coronavirus is not a product of nature, but that "four key proteins in the virus have been replaced, so that it can target Chinese people," according to research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The assertion is made that the virus was deployed by US service members whilst participating in the Military World Games in October.
27 January
- China suspends group travel to foreign countries.
- Wuhan's mayor speaks of centralised suppression regarding information on the coronavirus in his city.
- United States Centre for Disease Control first learns of a cluster of 27 pneumonia / coronavirus cases.
- A senior Taiwan politician attempts to secure medical supplies but is informed that China has already made large purchases in December and stopped exports, indicating that it was aware of the impending pandemic and the subsequent hoarding of supplies.
29 January
- Shi Zhengli et al., Bat coronaviruses in China, Viruses, 11(3), 29 January 2019.
30 January
- Roujian Lu et al., Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origin and receptor binding, The Lancet, 395(10224), P565-574, 30 January 2020. Lancet paper indicates relation to bat coronavirus.
- US CDC announces first person to person spread of the coronavirus. Available URL: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/t0130-novel-coronavirus-update-telebriefing.html.
31 January
- Prashant Pradhan et al., Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag, bioRx - The Preprint Server for Biology, 31 January 2020. This paper notes that the new coronavirus had four new sequences inserted, including HIV sequences available on GENBANK and gp41 which affects the immune system and may explain the severity of COVID-19. This paper suggests a laboratory origin for the virus. The paper was subsequently withdrawn, subject to reassessment.
- Praise for Chinese doctors who blew coronavirus whistle, The Australian, Sydney, 31 January 2020.
- President Trump bans entry to the US by people from China.
February 2020
1 February
- 'Hug A Chinese' day in Italy - part of an anti-racism campaign. It inadvertently leads to spreading of the virus.
- Australia bans entry for all travellers from China. It receives criticism for this from China and the WHO.
2 February
- Shi Zhengli unlocks the genome sequence of the new coronavirus.
- Shi Zhengli posts on We-Chat: The 2019 novel coronavirus is a punishment by nature to humans' unsanitary lifestyles. I promise with my life that the virus has nothing to do with the lab. (India Today 3.5.20)
3 February
- Dr Wu Xiaohua stated that Shi Zhengli's haphazard laboratory management may have let the Wuhan virus to leak from the lab. Quote: "This transformation, which can only be completed in the laboratory, is not complicated and the technology is mature".
- Shi Zhengli et al., A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin, Nature, 579 2020, 270-273.
4 February
- Chairman of Duoyi, Xu Bo, states that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was suspected of manufacturing and leaking the Wuhan virus.
- WHO reinforces China's stand on encouraging international travel.
5 February
- War on coronavirus takes its toll on Wuhan, Australian Financial Review, 5 February 2020.
- Shih, Gerry & Knowles, Hannah, A Chinese doctor was one of the first to warn about coronavirus. He got detained — and infected, The Washington Post, 5 February 2020. URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/02/04/chinese-doctor-has-coronavirus.
6 February
- China's internet watchdog tightens controls on social media platforms and their reporting on the coronavirus.
- How Wuhan lost the fight to contain the coronavirus, Nikkei Asian Review, 6 February 2020. Record of interview with Zhang Qi.
- Prof. Mackenzie, author of a WHO report on the coronavirus, criticises China. The WHO head defends China in response.
- Cheng-wei Lu et al., 2019-nCoV transmission through ocular surface must not be ignored, The Lancet, 395(10224), 6 February 2020.
- Autopsy shows a man died in California on this date from COVID-19 (BBC 22.4.20). This is 3 weeks earlier than the original first death case of a man in Washington State on 29 February (Medscape Medical News 29.2.20).
7 February
- The Wuhan doctor who raised the alarm in December dies of COVID-19. He was infected by a person who was asymptomatic i.e. showed no symptoms.
- Elsie Chen, He warned of coronavirus. Here's what he told us before he died, New York Times, 7 February 2020. Interviews with Dr Li on 30 January and 1 February.
- "Top Biochemical Weapon Expert" of the People's Liberation Army, Chen Wei, officially assumes control of the Wuhan Institute of Virology P4 Laboratory.
- McNeil Jr., Donald G. & Kanno-Youngs, Zolan, C.D.C. and W.H.O. offers to help China have been ignored for weeks, New York Times, 7 February 2020. URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/health/cdc-coronavirus-china.html.
- Whilst China was on full lock down by this date, it continued to encourage international travel until at least 30 March.
9 February
- Citizen journalist and local businessman Fang Bin disappears.
- Hundreds of bodies burned per day, funeral home staff scolded government officers as "dog officers", The Epoch Times, 9 February 2020. URL: https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/20/2/8/n11853323.htm.
10 February
- Xi Jinping is shown wearing mask and dealing with the outbreak.
11 February
- Lin-Fa Wang et al., From Hendra to Wuhan: What has been learned in responding to emerging zoonotic viruses (EZN), The Lancet, 395(10224), E33-E34, 11 February 2020.
12 February
- Hubei statistics blow out as the truth is revealed. Senior local Chinese Communist Party officials are sacked.
- Zhang, Phoebe & Rui, Guo, Coronavirus: Why manydea ths will never appear in official figures, South China Morning Post, 12 February 2020. URL: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3050311/its-pneumonia-everybody-china-knows-about-many-deaths-will-never.
14 February
- Chinese leader Xi Jinping calls for the inclusion of biosecurity in China's national security framework through law. Title: Ministry of Science and Technology - Strengthen the Management of Laboratories, Especially Viruses.
- Shibo Jiang and Shi Zhengli, The first Disease X is caused by a highly transmissible acute respiratory system coronavirus, Virologica Sinica, 14 February 2020.
- Here's how scientists think coronavirus spreads from bats to humans [video], VICE News, 14 February 2020. Available URL: https://youtu.be/2DsVhaXx8_I.
- Wang, Vivian, They Documented the Coronavirus Crisis in Wuhan. Then They Vanished, New York Times, 14 February 2020. URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/business/wuhan-coronavirus-journalists.html.
15 February
- Wuhan Institute of Virology refutes rumours that female graduate Huang Yanling (Microbiology / Xi'an Jiaotong University / Academic) was Patient Zero and had died. However, her photograph, CV and thesis were all removed from the official WIV website.
- 习近平：在中央政治局常委会会议研究应对新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情工作时的讲话 [Xi Jinping: Speech at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee when studying the response to the new coronavirus pneumonia], Xinhua, 15 February 2020. URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/leaders/2020-02/15/c_1125578886.htm.
17 February
- Wuhan Institute of Virology researcher, Chen Quanjiao, stated that the Director General of the Institute, Wang Yanji, was suspected of leaking the virus.
24 February
- Head of WHO coronavirus mission praises China for its transparency.
- China bans the sale and eating of wildlife.
- Chinese CDC issues report on 72,314 coronavirus cases.
26 February
- A citizen journalist in China is arrested after reporting on the Wuhan outbreak.
27 February
- Australian PM Morrison points to COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
28 February
- Zhuang, Pinghui, Chinese laboratory that first shared coronavirus genome with world ordered to close for ‘rectification’, hindering its COVID-19 research, South China Morning Post, 28 February 2020. URL: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3052966/chinese-laboratory-first-shared-coronavirus-genome-world-ordered.
29 February
- Gao, Yu, et al., In Depth: How Early Signs of a SARS-Like Virus Were Spotted, Spread, and Throttled, Caixin, 29 February 2020. URL: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-29/in-depth-how-early-signs-of-a-sars-like-virus-were-spotted-spread-and-throttled-101521745.html.
March 2020
2 March
- Bostock, Bill, China Enacted a Sweeping New Law That Bars People from Posting Negative Content Online, and It Could Be Used to Suppress Coronavirus News, Business Insider, 2 March 2020. URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-internet-ban-criticism-could-suppress-coronavirus-news-2020-3.
6 March
- Page, Jeremy, Wenxin, Fan, & Khan, Natasha. How It All Started: China’s Early Coronavirus Missteps, The Wall Street Journal, 6 March 2020. URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-it-all-started-chinas-early-coronavirus-missteps-11583508932.
10 March
- Xi Jinping visits Wuhan.
11 March
- WHO declares a global pandemic.
- Qiu, Jane, How China's 'Bat Woman' hunted down viruses from SARS to the new coronavirus, Scientific American, 11 March 2020 [updated 24 April 2020]. Available URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-chinas-bat-woman-hunted-down-viruses-from-sars-to-the-new-coronavirus1/.
- Lily Kuo, Coronavirus: Wuhan [Dr. Ai Fen] doctor speaks out against [Chinese] authorities, The Guardian, 11 March 2020.
12 March
- China suggests virus may have originated in the US.
13 March
- Josephine Ma, Coronavirus: China's first confirmed COVID-19 case traced back to November 17, South China Morning Post, 13 March 2020. May have been 55 yr old Hubei resident.
- First COVID-19 case happened in November, China government records show - report, The Guardian, 13 March 2020.
- Professor Giuseppe Remuzzi argues that COVID-19 began spreading in Italy before China. COVID-19 and Italy: What Next?, The Lancet, 13 March 2020. URL: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30627-9/fulltext.
19 March
- Taiwan says WHO failed to act on coronavirus transmission warning, Financial Times, 19 March 2020. URL: https://www.ft.com/content/2a70a02a-644a-11ea-a6cd-df28cc3c6a68.
23 March
- Wuhan denying virus tests to keep numbers down, RTHI.HK, 23 March 2020. URL: https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1516240-20200323.htm.
25 March
- Bernstein, Richard, Why the World's Doing a Double-Take on China's No-New-Infections Claim, RealClearInvestigations, 25 March 2020. URL: https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/03/25/doing_a_double-take_on_chinas_no-new-infection_claim_122944.html.
27 March
- 'Patient Zero' at Wuhan market identified, The Chronicle, 27 March 20202.
- China: Origins of COVID-19 outbreak remain unknown, Defence Intelligence Agency [US intelligence report], 27 March 2020. Suggests possible laboratory origin.
30 March
- Shi Zhengli et al., Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 (previously 2019-nCoV) infection by a highly potent pan-coronavirus fusion inhibitor targeting its spike protein that harbors a high capacity to mediate membrane fusion, Cell Research, 30, 2020, 343-355.
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April 2020
1 April
- Wadhams, Nick and Jennifer Jacobs, China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says, Bloomberg, 1 April 2020. URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/china-concealed-extent-of-virus-outbreak-u-s-intelligence-says.
2 April
- Barnes, Julian E, C.I.A. Hunts for Authentic Virus Totals in China, Dismissing Government Tallies, New York Times, 2 April 2020. URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/us/politics/cia-coronavirus-china.html.
5 April
- Matthew Henderson et al., Coronavirus Compensation: Assessing China's Potential Liability and Avenues for Legal Response, Henry Jackson Society, London, 4 April 2020, 44p. Report.
6 April
- Dave Makichuk, Wuhan lab virus leak 'no longer discounted': Cobra, Asia Times, 6 April 2020.
8 April
- Phillip, Jodh, Tracking Down the Origin of the Wuhan Coronavirus [video], The Epoch Times, New York, 8 April 2020. Available URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le_rfTdayLs.
9 April
- Josh Margolin and James Gordon Meek, Intelligence report warned of coronavirus as early as November [2019], ABC News, 9 April 2020. URL: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intelligence-report-warned-coronavirus-crisis-early-november-sources/story?id=70031273&fbclid=IwAR0vQIpnxT9oUW3gTd3OQnC3MVevCc6IGosHrhz807Q-F7w2Xae4aCs350o.
10 April
- Incidence of thrombotic complications in critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19, Thrombosis Research, 10 April 2020. Incidences of blood clotting and stroke.
- The Coronavirus Cover-Up: A Timeline, Situation Brief, Victim of Communism Memorial Foundation, China Studies Program, 10 April 2020. Available URL: https://www.victimsofcommunism.org/sb/chinese-communist-party-world-health-organization-culpability-in-coronavirus-pandemic.
14 April
- Josh Rogin, State Department cables warned of safety issues at Wuhan lab studying bat coronaviruses, Washington Post, 14 April 2020.
15 April
- Did the coronavirus come from a lab in Wuhan? Here's the experts view, The Feed [webpage], SBS, Sydney, 15 April 2020. Updated 5 May.
16 April
- Statement from Prof Edward Holmes on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, News, University of Sydney, 16 April 2020. Prof. Holmes was involved in the initial release of Chinese genome research on COVID-19.
17 April
- Wuhan belatedly raises its official fatalities count by 1290 - a 50% increase.
- Daily Mail, London, reports of University of Cambridge research through genetic mapping re the possible start of outbreak between 13 September and 7 December.
20 April
- interview with Dr. Zhang Jixian published in Xinhua on 'First Encounter with the Mysterious Virus' back in 26 January.
21 April
- Pepe Escobar, What did US intel really know about the 'Chinese' virus?, Strategic Culture Foundation [website], 21 April 2020. URL: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/04/21/what-did-us-intel-really-know-about-chinese-virus/.
27 April
Fred Guterl, Naveed Jamali and Tom O'Connor, The controversial experiments and Wuhan lab suspected of starting coronavirus epidemic, Newsweek, 27 April 2020. Suggests a laboratory origin.
- Dr. Peter Daszak, President of Ecohealth Alliance, writes to Dr. Fauci thanking him for publically debunking the laboratory origin theory.
- Russian genetic engineer writes that the animal to human theory for the origin of COVID-19 does not stack up.
May 2020
1 May
- Scientific American article includes interview with Shi Zhengli who wonders whether the virus escaped from her laboratory, as there was a sample there with 96% correlation with COVID-19. Originally published on 11 March. Available URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-chinas-bat-woman-hunted-down-viruses-from-sars-to-the-new-coronavirus1/.
- Evidence builds coronavirus came from a Chinese lab [Video], Sky News, Australia, 1 May 2020. Duration: 27.08 minutes.
- Department of Homeland Security report notes that Chinese leaders "intentionally concealed the severity" of the pandemic in early January.
2 May
- China's Batty Science, Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 2 May 2020. Extensive report on the origins of COVID-19 and suggestion of a laboratory origin.
5 May
- Science Direct paper suggests that the pandemic started sometime between 6 October and 11 December 2019.
9 May
- Cameron Stewart and Will Glasgow, 1) Breaking down China's great wall of silence; 2) How China rewrote coronavirus history, 3) A Noah's ark of wild animals; 4) 'The situation has changed radically'; 5) 'They couldn't put out the fire', The Australian, 9 May 2020.
10 May
- China's President Xi Jinping 'personally asked WHO to hold back information about human-to-human transmission and delay a global pandemic warning' at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, bombshell report claims, The Daily Mail, 10 May 2020.
17 May
- Michael Houston, More athletes claim they contracted COVID-19 at World Military Games in Wuhan, The Games - the inside track on world sport, 17 May 2020.
June 2020
- Simone Gao, The Coverup of the Century [video], Zooming In, duration: 56 minutes. Available URL: https://youtu.be/cav-OCuNmBI. A thorough historic overview and damning indictment of the manner in which the Chinese Communist Party dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Polly Hayes, Here's how scientists know the coronavirus came from bats and wasn't made in lab, The Conversation, 13 July 2020.
- Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson, A proposed origin for the SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic, Independent Science News for Food and Agriculture, 15 July 2020.
- Morens, David M. et al., The Origin of COVID-19 and why it matters, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020.
- Charlie Campbell and Alice Park, Inside the global quest to trace the origins of COVID-19, and where will it go next, Time, 23 July 2020.
- Maciej F. Boni et al., Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, Nature Microbiology, 28 July 2020.
August 2020
- Isabel Vincent, COVID-19 first appeared in a group of Chinese miners in 2012, scientists say, New York Post, 16 August 2020.
September 2020
- Natalie Musumeci, Chinese virologist claims she has proof COVID-19 was made in Wuhan lab, New York Post, 11 September 2020.
November 2020
- Giovanni Apolone et al., Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the pre-pandemic period in Italy, Tumori Journal, 11 November 2020.
- Researchers find coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought, India Top News, 17 November 2020. Study by National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy and published in the Tumori Journal.
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2021
January 2021
- Nonclinical Evaluation Report - BNT162b2 [mRNA] COVID-19 vaccine (COMIRNATYtm), Submission No.: PM-2020-05461-1-2, Sponsor: Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd, Therapeutic Goods Administration, Department of Health, Canberra, January 2021, 58p. [Released March 2023, redacted. See discussion under 25 March 2023]
- Fact Sheet: Activity at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Office of the Spokesperson, US Department of State, 15 January 2021.
- Steve Quay, A Bayesian analysis concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2 is not a natural zoonosis but instead is laboratory derived, Atossa Therapeutics, 29 January 2021, 193p.
February 2021
- Antonella Amendola et al., Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in an Oropharyngeal Swab Specimen, Milan, Italy, Early December 2019, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(2), February 2021.
- Fabrice Carrat et al., Evidence of early circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in France: findings from the population-based “CONSTANCES” cohort, European Journal of Epidemiology, 6 February 2021.
- Investigating the origins of COVID-19 on the ground in Wuhan, 60 Minutes, Australia, 8 February 2021.
- Smriti Mallapaty, Where did COVID come from? Five mysteries remain, Nature - News Explainer, 26 February 2021.
March 2021
Yang, Limeng et al., The Wuhan Laboratory Origin of SARS-CoV-2 and the Validity of the Yan Reports Are Further Proved by the Failure of Two Uninvited "Peer Reviews", March 2021, 69p.
- Shi Zing Li states that the army was not involved in research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
May 2021
- Nicholas Wade, The origin of COVID - did people or nature open Pandora's Box at Wuhan?, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 5 May 2021.Supports the laboratory origin theory.
- James Freeman, China, Fauci and the origins of COVID, Wall Street Journal, 7 May 2021. Points to a laboratory origin of the coronavirus.
- Virus warfare in China files - Chinese military scientists discuss weaponising SARS, The Australian, 8 May 2021.
- Michael R. Gordon, Warren P. Stroebal and Drew Hinshaw, Intelligence on Sick Staff at Wuhan Lab Fuels Debate on Covid-19 Origin, Wall Street Journal, 23 May 2021. Refer November 2019.
June 2021
- The Lab Leak Theory, Gravitas (TV program), India, 6 June 2020.
- Sherri Markson, Wuhan lab video shows live bats in cage, The Australian, 14 June 2021. Story on the coverup of live bat experimentation at the Wuhan Institute of Virology during 2017. Available URL: https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6258639874001.
July 2021
- Anthony Kuster, Did SARS-CoV-2 Leak from Wuhan Lab? | Covid Origin Evidence Explained, YouTube video, 16 July 2021, duration: 16.42 minutes.
- The Origins of COVID-19: An Investigation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, House Foreign Affairs Committee, United States Congress, August, 84p. This is an addendum to the 21 September 2020 committee final report.
- Josh Rogan, New congressional report says Covid-19 likely emerged in Wuhan months earlier than originally thought, Washington Post, 2 August 2021.
- Russell Brand, Covid Cover-up, YouTube, 16 August 2021. Duration: 12.36 minutes. Analysis of US Congress updated report on the origin of COVID-19.
September 2021
- Megan Loos, Wuhan Lab wanted to genetically enhance bat viruses to study human risks, documents show, Newsweek, 22 September 2021. Video discussion of this article and its implication by Russell Brand (4 October 2021) below:
- Alexis Carey, Allegations first ‘superspreader’ Covid event occurred in Wuhan Military Games in October 2019, news.com,au, 22 September 2021.
2022
- Spike genes have patented DNA sequences. This is Dangerous, Dr Been Medical Lectures, 25 February 2022, YouTube, duration: 50.43 minutes. [Refer the discussion above about the dangerous destruction of DNA resulting from the laboratory insertion of the proprietary MSH3 into the RAT-G-13 coronavirus to create SARS-CoV-2.]
- Amy Maxmen, Wuhan market was epicentre of pandemic's start, studies suggest, Nature, 27 February 2022. NB: This is despite the overwhelming evidence against such a conclusion (MO).
- Roger Faligot, Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping, HarperCollins India, 2022. Refers to the French concerns over Chinese development of bio-weapons, arising out of their involvement with the construction of P4 labs between 2013-1017 at Wuhan and elsewhere in China.
- Roger Faligot, Book Excerpt: How coronavirus could be part of China's biological attack programme, Outlook Weekender, 25 June 2022.
2023
- Michael R. Gordon and Peter B. Stroebal, Lab leak in China most likely origin of Covid-19 pandemic, Energy Department says, Wall Street Journal, 26 February 2023.
- COVID-19 Likely came from lab leak: Energy Department [video], China in Focus, 28 February 2023, duration: 2 minutes.
- Australian vaccine bio-distribution date, Dr John Campbell, 25 March 2023, YouTube, duration: minutes. Discussed Pfizer vaccine release report from January 2021.
- Michael Schellenberger, Matt Taibbi and Alex Gutenberg, First people sickened by COVID-19 were Chinese scientists at Wuhan Institute of Virology, say US government sources, Public, 14 June 2023. Cites Ben Hu, head of gain of function research at the lab as so-called patient zero, having acquired Covid along with two other lab scientists in November 2019. This story subsequently appeared in newspapers around the world.
- Matt Taibbi, On today's explosive coronavirus story, Racket, 14 June 2023.
- Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Confirmed, The Hill, 22 June 2023, YouTube, duration: 12.22 minutes.
- China engineered Covid-19 bioweapon to purposely infect people, Wuhan researcher claims, Times of India, 28 June 2023.
Chao Shao asserts that the virus was deliberately engineered by China as a "bioweapon," and that his colleagues were tasked with identifying the most effective strain for spreading. China deliberately engineered the coronavirus virus as a "bioweapon," a Wuhan Institute of Virology researcher claimed this week in an interview conducted by Chinese-born human rights activist and author Jennifer Zeng. Researcher Chao Shao asserts that the virus was deliberately engineered by China as a "bioweapon," and that his colleagues were tasked with identifying the most effective strain for spreading among various species, including people. During the exclusive 26-minute interview, Chao Shao shared an anecdote involving another researcher named Shan Chao, who allegedly admitted to being provided with four strains of coronavirus by a superior. Shan Chao was instructed to test these strains and determine which one had the greatest potential to infect multiple species, with a particular emphasis on human infectivity. Chao Shao also made sure to mention that several of his colleagues went missing during the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan. According to him, one of the missing individuals revealed that they were sent to hotels accommodating athletes from different countries to "check the health or hygiene conditions." However, Chao Shao suspected that these actions were unrelated to virology research and suggested that they were potentially involved in spreading the virus. Additionally, Chao Shao disclosed that in April 2020, he was sent to Xinjiang to assess the health status of Uyghur prisoners held in the re-education camps, ostensibly to expedite their release. Yet, given the irrelevance of virology expertise in conducting health checks, Chao Shao strongly implied that his mission in Xinjiang was either to facilitate the virus's spread or to study its effects on humans. While these revelations are both astonishing and deeply concerning, Chao Shao emphasized that they represent only a fraction of the entire puzzle. The true origin of the pandemic, which has claimed the lives of 7 million lives worldwide, remains a subject of ongoing investigation.
- Wuhan researchers [Jennifer Zeng] claims China engineered COVID-19 as a bioweapon, WION, 29 June 2023, YouTube, duration: 9.48 minutes. Based on a 2021 interview.
- Excess [COVID-19 related] Deaths with Senator Gerard Rennick, Dr John Campbell, 18 July 2023, YouTube, duration: 32.32 minutes.
- Sharri Markson, Damning new evidence reveals what leading scientists really thought of COVID origins, Sky News Australia, 25 July 2023, YouTube, duration: 20.02 minutes.
- Scientists exposed after previously denying COVID-19 lab leak theory, 31 July 2023. YouTube, duration: 14.02 minutes.
- Rav Arora, Vaccine Injuries: Why Can't We Be Honest?, Triggernometry, YouTube, 14 August 2023, duration: 76.13 minutes.
- Yuta Tani et al., Five doses of the mRNA vaccination potentially suppress ancestral-strain stimulated SARS-CoV2-specific cellular immunity: a cohort study from the Fukushima vaccination community survey, Japan, Frontiers in Immunology, 16 August 2023.
- Sad excess deaths, Dr John Campbell, 9 September 2023, YouTube, duration: 18.08 minutes. Reveals a correlation between population vaccination rates and subsequent excessive death figures. For example, Australia had the top vaccination rate coverage (>80%) and also the top excess death rates.
- Bombshell: CIA paid officials to bury evidence of COVID-19 lab leak theory, says whistleblower, The Hill, 14 September 2023, YouTube, duration: 9.59 minutes. Report of US Congress hearings.
Last updated: 23 October 2023
Michael Organ, Australia (Home)
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