I think this illness is overblown. I think the next pandemic will be a full avian bird virus that is difficult to cure. 

Prashad posted:

I think this illness is overblown. I think the next pandemic will be a full avian bird virus that is difficult to cure. 

If it is specific to  avians why should we worry? People fly about more than birds these days and a virus only have to be passed by contact and able to live outside the body for a few hours to rapidly spread all over the world in a month.

Avian virus that spread to humans like the Spanish flu.

no mo fly lice

The Chinese seem to be winning the biologic war.

I spoke with someone who made that observation.  SARS came from China and now this. 

One thing though, we could not blame China for Aids

ORIGIN OF HIV & AIDS

HIV first began to spread along the historic trade routes of the Congo basin in the 1920s.

KEY POINTS:

HIV crossed from chimps to humans in the 1920s in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was probably as a result of chimps carrying the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), a virus closely related to HIV, being hunted and eaten by people living in the area.

The origin of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been a subject of scientific research and debate since the virus was identified in the 1980s. There is now a wealth of evidence on how, when and where HIV first began to cause illness in humans.

You can find out more about the origins and history of HIV through our interactive timeline, where you can read, watch, listen and explore key events from the history of the epidemic.

The link between HIV and SIV

HIV is a type of lentivirus, which means it attacks the immune system. In a similar way, the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) attacks the immune systems of monkeys and apes.1

Research found that HIV is related to SIV and there are many similarities between the two viruses. HIV-1 is closely related to a strain of SIV found in chimpanzees, and HIV-2 is closely related to a strain of SIV found in sooty mangabeys.2

Did HIV come from monkeys?

In 1999, researchers found a strain of SIV (called SIVcpz) in a chimpanzee that was almost identical to HIV in humans.

The researchers who discovered this connection concluded that it proved chimpanzees were the source of HIV-1, and that the virus had at some point crossed species from chimps to humans.3

The same scientists then conducted more research into how SIV could have developed in the chimps. They discovered that the chimps had hunted and eaten two smaller species of monkeys (red-capped mangabeys and greater spot-nosed monkeys). These smaller monkeys infected the chimps with two different strains of SIV.

The two different SIV strains then joined together to form a third virus (SIVcpz) that could be passed on to other chimps. This is the strain that can also infect humans.4

How did HIV cross from chimps to humans?

The most commonly accepted theory is that of the 'hunter'. In this scenario, SIVcpz was transferred to humans as a result of chimps being killed and eaten, or their blood getting into cuts or wounds on people in the course of hunting.5 Normally, the hunter's body would have fought off SIV, but on a few occasions the virus adapted itself within its new human host and became HIV-1.

There are four main groups of HIV strains (M, N, O and P), each with a slightly different genetic make-up. This supports the hunter theory because every time SIV passed from a chimpanzee to a human, it would have developed in a slightly different way within the human body, and produced a slightly different strain. This explains why there is more than one strain of HIV-1.6

The most studied strain of HIV is HIV-1 Group M, which is the strain that has spread throughout the world and is responsible for the vast majority of HIV infections today.

How did HIV-2 get passed to humans?

HIV-2 comes from SIVsmm in sooty mangabey monkeys rather than chimpanzees.7 The crossover to humans is believed to have happened in a similar way (through the butchering and consumption of monkey meat).

It is far rarer, and less infectious than HIV-1. As a result, it infects far fewer people, and is mainly found in a few countries in West Africa like Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.8

When and where did HIV start in humans?

Studies of some of the earliest known samples of HIV provide clues about when it first appeared in humans and how it evolved. The first verified case of HIV is from a blood sample taken in 1959 from a man living in what is now Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The sample was retrospectively analysed and HIV detected. There are numerous earlier cases where patterns of deaths from common opportunistic infections, now known to be AIDS-defining, suggest that HIV was the cause, but this is the earliest incident where a blood sample can verify infection.9

Did HIV start in Africa?

Using the earliest known sample of HIV, scientists have been able to create a 'family-tree' ancestry of HIV transmission, allowing them to discover where HIV started.

Their studies concluded that the first transmission of SIV to HIV in humans took place around 1920 in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).10

The same area is known for having the most genetic diversity in HIV strains in the world, reflecting the number of different times SIV was passed to humans. Many of the first cases of AIDS were recorded there too.

How did HIV spread from Kinshasa?

The area around Kinshasa is full of transport links, such as roads, railways and rivers. The area also had a growing sex trade around the time that HIV began to spread. The high population of migrants and sex trade might explain how HIV spread along these infrastructure routes. By 1937, it had reached Brazzaville, about 120km west of Kinshasa.

The lack of transport routes into the North and East of the country accounts for the significantly fewer reports of infections there at the time.11

By 1980, half of all infections in DR Congo were in locations outside of the Kinshasa area, reflecting the growing epidemic.12

Why is Haiti significant?

In the 1960s, the 'B' subtype of HIV-1 (a subtype of strain M) had made its way to Haiti. At this time, many Haitian professionals who were working in the colonial Democratic Republic of Congo during the 1960s returned to Haiti.13 Initially, they were blamed for being responsible for the HIV epidemic, and suffered severe racism, stigma and discrimination as a result.

HIV-1 subtype M is now the most geographically spread subtype of HIV internationally. By 2014, this subtype had caused 75 million infections.14

What happened in the 1980s in the USA?

People sometimes say that HIV started in the 1980s in the United States of America (USA), but in fact this was just when people first became aware of HIV and it was officially recognised as a new health condition.

In 1981, a few cases of rare diseases were being reported among gay men in New York and California, such as Kaposi's Sarcoma (a rare cancer) and a lung infection called PCP.15 16 No one knew why these cancers and opportunistic infections were spreading, but they concluded that there must be an infectious 'disease' causing them.

At first the disease was called all sorts of names relating to the word 'gay'.17 It wasn't until mid-1982 that scientists realised the 'disease' was also spreading among other populations such as haemophiliacs and heroin users.18 19 By September that year, the 'disease' was finally named AIDS.20

It was only in 1983 that the HIV virus was isolated and identified by researchers at the Pasteur Institute in France. Originally called Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus (or LAV) the virus was confirmed as the cause of AIDS, when scientists working at the USA National Cancer Institute isolated the same virus and called it HTLV-III. LAV and HTLV-III were later acknowledged to be the same.

What is the 'Four-H-Club'?

In 1983, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States listed the main at-risk groups, including partners of people with AIDS, people who inject drugs, haemophiliacs and people who have recently been to Haiti. At the time that cases of AIDS began to emerge in the USA, the absence of definitive information about HIV and its link to AIDS, inflated the panic and stigma surrounding the epidemic. Before long people began to talk colloquially of a “4-H Club” at risk of AIDS: homosexuals, haemophiliacs, heroin addicts and Haitians, contributing to further stigmatisation.21

https://www.avert.org/professi...tory-hiv-aids/origin

Amral posted:

One thing though, we could not blame China for Aids

Agree. Aids originated from Africa and so did Ebola.

Fact:

We would have had none of these diseases if people ate a plant based diet.

Sean got a point like he join the Hari Krishnas.

Interesting read. Thanks 

Sean posted:

Amral posted:

One thing though, we could not blame China for Aids

Agree. Aids originated from Africa and so did Ebola.

Fact:

We would have had none of these diseases if people ate a plant based diet.

You have a point. However, we have heard so much unhygienic stuff from Indian, the only virus from them is Cricket. Let’s face the truth. maybe Indians don’t eat rope, soap and iron. 

Sean posted:

Amral posted:

One thing though, we could not blame China for Aids

Agree. Aids originated from Africa and so did Ebola.

Fact:

We would have had none of these diseases if people ate a plant based diet.

Transmission of animal viral or prion proteins are not limited to ingesting animal flesh. Most including this corona virus are transmitted by contact with viral particles in the environment. A vegan diet is healthy for many reasons but saying none of these diseases would exist if we eat plant products alone is stupid.

Dave posted:

Sean posted:

Amral posted:

One thing though, we could not blame China for Aids

Agree. Aids originated from Africa and so did Ebola.

Fact:

We would have had none of these diseases if people ate a plant based diet.

You have a point. However, we have heard so much unhygienic stuff from Indian, the only virus from them is Cricket. Let’s face the truth. maybe Indians don’t eat rope, soap and iron. 

And SNAKE. That's what started this virus. 

Guyanese employers have bigger problems . 

Sean posted:

Amral posted:

One thing though, we could not blame China for Aids

Agree. Aids originated from Africa and so did Ebola.

Fact:

We would have had none of these diseases if people ate a plant based diet.

As a vegetarian I can't say I agree. We have also had many recalls on various salads in the last couple years. Being a vegetarian or vegan just means you die healthy. Hehe

Based on evidence, all of the viruses mentioned above are linked to animal sources.

While I don’t advocate any specific diet, we just can’t deny the origin of these particular viruses. Some will argue that bad food choices especially bats and snakes are the main contributing factors.

This latest virus has created a lot of uncertainty in Canada and some are predicting a repeat of the SARS scenario where people avoided Chinese food stores and restaurants.

I noticed many Asians wearing face masks, are they contributing to the fear and anxiety ? 

What do other members think ? 

D2 posted:

Sean posted:

Amral posted:

One thing though, we could not blame China for Aids

Agree. Aids originated from Africa and so did Ebola.

Fact:

We would have had none of these diseases if people ate a plant based diet.

Transmission of animal viral or prion proteins are not limited to ingesting animal flesh. Most including this corona virus are transmitted by contact with viral particles in the environment. A vegan diet is healthy for many reasons but saying none of these diseases would exist if we eat plant products alone is stupid.

People eat too much shyte.  I was always careful when I visited China. But in NJ dem slip me cyat, and me eat um fuh so.   Me start scratching nuff nuff. 

Sean posted:

Based on evidence, all of the viruses mentioned above are linked to animal sources.

While I don’t advocate any specific diet, we just can’t deny the origin of these particular viruses. Some will argue that bad food choices especially bats and snakes are the main contributing factors.

This latest virus has created a lot of uncertainty in Canada and some are predicting a repeat of the SARS scenario where people avoided Chinese food stores and restaurants.

I noticed many Asians wearing face masks, are they contributing to the fear and anxiety ? 

What do other members think ? 

Indeed, only the Chinese are wearing masks so one would assume that they are infected with the virus.  Today I was at Scarborough Town Center  and I saw about 15 Chinese wearing masks everyone was looking and avoiding them. A Chinese friend told me that the restaurants are not as busy. Tomorrow the Chinese association will address the issue of racial discrimination because of this virus. 

Chinese having been eating these same animals for centuries if not millennia. Why did this virus, or some other strain of it, not manifest before when the handling would have been much worse?

There was a case a few years ago in the US of two brothers who inherited their father's cantaloupe farm. They stop soaking the cantaloupes in a anti bacterial solution before they leave the farm for the stores in order to cut costs. The result was several people died from eating the cantaloupes and several families sued the brothers and their farm.

A while back Iman ate some nice rock hard tennis roll, ohhh yeh, it was the one time I baked...I survived it but dam sure was dah ting what blocked up my..ahem... exit. I shoulda used the grocery store for selling yours truly, hard flour.

Prashad posted:

There was a case a few years ago in the US of two brothers who inherited their father's cantaloupe farm. They stop soaking the cantaloupes in a anti bacterial solution before they leave the farm for the stores in order to cut costs. The result was several people died from eating the cantaloupes and several families sued the brothers and their farm.

So during thousands and thousands of years of the Chinese enjoying their cuisine, only now, this once, has someone not properly cared for a piece of meat?

Any such outbreaks have the potential of becoming a pandemic.  Today’s responses are so quick and global, chances are slim of it happening.

I watched an interesting series on Netflix last night called Pandemic. It was an eye opener. There was a little politics added but if one sets aside the politics, it was a very interesting series 
 

Please watch if you have some time. 

The Chinese haven’t learnt since the SARS outbreak.  They were eating bats and caused the outbreak. Now it’s snakes.  Common sense is not so common.

For almost 2 months now I am sure many travelled to Wuhan from all over the world.  There might be lots of other cases out there!

alena06 posted:

The Chinese haven’t learnt since the SARS outbreak.  They were eating bats and caused the outbreak. Now it’s snakes.  Common sense is not so common.

For almost 2 months now I am sure many travelled to Wuhan from all over the world.  There might be lots of other cases out there!

I read something that the origins might still be bats 🦇 but spread to other animals.  Corona is related to the SARS virus. 

I will publish it later from home.

Publish??  Like you have a PhD in SARS virus or whuh??

Bibi Haniffa posted:

Publish??  Like you have a PhD in SARS virus or whuh??

Yeh suh nuh.

alena06 posted:

The Chinese haven’t learnt since the SARS outbreak.  They were eating bats and caused the outbreak. Now it’s snakes.  Common sense is not so common.

For almost 2 months now I am sure many travelled to Wuhan from all over the world.  There might be lots of other cases out there!

antabanta posted:

Prashad posted:

There was a case a few years ago in the US of two brothers who inherited their father's cantaloupe farm. They stop soaking the cantaloupes in a anti bacterial solution before they leave the farm for the stores in order to cut costs. The result was several people died from eating the cantaloupes and several families sued the brothers and their farm.

So during thousands and thousands of years of the Chinese enjoying their cuisine, only now, this once, has someone not properly cared for a piece of meat?

Thousands and thousands of years ago the Chinese population was Far, Far less than a billion people where normal food was in abundance . Today the population has out grown the food supply, thus they resort to sub-human food, things that are not acceptable in modern society. Eating, dog, cat, rat, snakes etc are labelled as exotic food.

kp posted:

Sean posted:

Based on evidence, all of the viruses mentioned above are linked to animal sources.

While I don’t advocate any specific diet, we just can’t deny the origin of these particular viruses. Some will argue that bad food choices especially bats and snakes are the main contributing factors.

This latest virus has created a lot of uncertainty in Canada and some are predicting a repeat of the SARS scenario where people avoided Chinese food stores and restaurants.

I noticed many Asians wearing face masks, are they contributing to the fear and anxiety ? 

What do other members think ? 

Indeed, only the Chinese are wearing masks so one would assume that they are infected with the virus.  Today I was at Scarborough Town Center  and I saw about 15 Chinese wearing masks everyone was looking and avoiding them. A Chinese friend told me that the restaurants are not as busy. Tomorrow the Chinese association will address the issue of racial discrimination because of this virus. 

I hope the Chinese association dispel fears that may exist in the public. 

If I were a reporter I would ask about the importance of wearing masks.  It is not a good visual seeing so many Chinese wearing them. 

The general public is not wearing masks and rightfully so but like SARS, there are concerns and the statement from the Chinese association will be helpful to all concerned Canadians. 

Fill disclosure, I temporarily ceased purchasing vegetables at Chinese stores until I hear a statement from the Chinese association that will dispel my concerns. 

Yugi, you should stick to your dhal, rice and aloo choka. Did you not store up your produce from last year?

antabanta posted:

Prashad posted:

There was a case a few years ago in the US of two brothers who inherited their father's cantaloupe farm. They stop soaking the cantaloupes in a anti bacterial solution before they leave the farm for the stores in order to cut costs. The result was several people died from eating the cantaloupes and several families sued the brothers and their farm.

So during thousands and thousands of years of the Chinese enjoying their cuisine, only now, this once, has someone not properly cared for a piece of meat?

Germs/viruses are becoming much stronger and we are seeing things never seen before one good example,Lyme. That darn thing has affected a few people I know and it is sad when I see them and remember when we were hanging out together with not a care  in the world..suddenly a bite from a tiny tick changed their lives.

cain posted:

antabanta posted:

Prashad posted:

There was a case a few years ago in the US of two brothers who inherited their father's cantaloupe farm. They stop soaking the cantaloupes in a anti bacterial solution before they leave the farm for the stores in order to cut costs. The result was several people died from eating the cantaloupes and several families sued the brothers and their farm.

So during thousands and thousands of years of the Chinese enjoying their cuisine, only now, this once, has someone not properly cared for a piece of meat?

Germs/viruses are becoming much stronger and we are seeing things never seen before one good example,Lyme. That darn thing has affected a few people I know and it is sad when I see them and remember when we were hanging out together with not a care  in the world..suddenly a bite from a tiny tick changed their lives.

These viruses mutate over time and becomes more difficult to threat.

Baseman posted:

alena06 posted:

The Chinese haven’t learnt since the SARS outbreak.  They were eating bats and caused the outbreak. Now it’s snakes.  Common sense is not so common.

For almost 2 months now I am sure many travelled to Wuhan from all over the world.  There might be lots of other cases out there!

I read something that the origins might still be bats 🦇 but spread to other animals.  Corona is related to the SARS virus. 

I will publish it later from home.

Date: January 29, 2020 at 12:00:37 PM EST Subject: THE LANCET – immediate release: Two press releases on 2019 novel coronavirus

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The Lancet: 2019 novel coronavirus is genetically different to human SARS and should be considered a new human-infecting coronavirus

· 2019-nCoV likely emerged very recently and was detected relatively rapidly.

· The virus may use the same molecular ‘doorway’ as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to enter human cells.

A new genetic analysis of 10 genome sequences of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from nine patients in Wuhan finds that the virus is most closely related to two bat-derived SARS-like coronaviruses, according to a study published in The Lancet. The authors say that although their analysis suggests that bats might be the original host of the virus, an animal sold at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan might represent an intermediate host that enables the emergence of the virus in humans. For this reason, the future evolution, adaptation and spread of this virus requires urgent investigation. In the study, the authors report the epidemiological data of nine patients who were diagnosed with viral pneumonia of unidentified cause. Cell and secretion samples were taken from the patients’ lungs to harvest samples of the 2019-nCoV virus, which were analysed to determine the origin of the virus and how it enters human cells. Eight of the patients had visited the Huanan seafood market. One patient had never visited the market, but had stayed in a hotel near the market before the onset of their illness. The authors found 2019-nCoV in all 10 genetic samples taken from the patients – including eight complete genomes, and two partial genomes. The genetic sequences of the samples were nearly identical (shared more than 99.98% of the same genetic sequence) – which indicates a very recent emergence of the virus into humans. “It is striking that the sequences of 2019-nCoV described here from different patients were almost identical. This finding suggests that 2019-nCoV originated from one source within a very short period and was detected relatively rapidly. However, as the virus transmits to more individuals, constant surveillance of mutations arising is needed,” says one of lead authors Professor Weifeng Shi, Key Laboratory of Etiology and Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Universities of Shandong, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, China. [1] Comparing the 2019-nCoV genetic sequence with a library of viruses, the authors found that the most closely related viruses were two SARS-like coronaviruses of bat origin – bat-SL-CoVZC45 and bat-SL-CoVZXC21 – which shared 88% of the genetic sequence. 2019-nCoV was more genetically distant to the human SARS virus (which shared about 79% of the genetic sequence) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

virus (which shared about 50% of the genetic sequence). Studying the spike protein of the virus (how it binds then enters human cells), the authors found that 2019-nCoV and human SARS virus have similar structures, despite some small differences. As a result, the authors suggest that 2019-nCoV might use the same molecular doorway to enter the cells as SARS (a receptor called ACE2), but note that this will require confirmation. Based on their data, the authors say that it seems likely that the 2019-nCoV causing the Wuhan outbreak might also be initially hosted by bats and transmitted to humans via a currently unknown wild animal sold at the Huanan seafood market. They say that it is more likely that bat coronaviruses are mutating, than 2019-nCoV – meaning that 2019-nCoV is unlikely to have emerged due to a chance mutation. However, more information is needed, and if a more closely related animal virus is identified, this suggestion could be wrong. “These data are consistent with a bat reservoir for coronaviruses in general and 2019-nCoV in particular. However, despite the importance of bats, it seems likely that another animal host is acting as an intermediate host between bats and humans,” says Professor Guizhen Wu, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Explaining this she notes: “First, the outbreak was first reported in late December, 2019, when most bat species in Wuhan are hibernating. Second, no bats were sold or found at the Huanan seafood market, whereas many non-aquatic animals (including mammals) were. Third, the similarities in the genetic sequences between 2019-nCoV and its close relatives bat-SL-CoVZC45 and bat-SL-CoVZXC21 were less than 90%, meaningthese two bat-derived coronaviruses are not direct ancestors of 2019-nCoV. Fourth, in both SARS and MERS, bats acted as the natural reservoir, with another animal acting as an intermediate host, and with humans as terminal hosts.This again highlights the hidden virus reservoir in wild animals and their potential to spill over into human populations.” [1]

NOTES TO EDITORS

The first study was funded by National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Major Project for Control and Prevention of Infectious Disease in China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shandong First Medical University. It was conducted by researchers from Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Universities of Shandong, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, University of Sydney, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University. [1] Quotes direct from authors and cannot be found in text of Articles.

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The Lancet: Report provides largest clinical and treatment data set from cases of new coronavirus in China

A new analysis, published in The Lancet, includes 99 patients with laboratory-confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) who were transferred to Jinyintan Hospital, an adult infectious disease hospital admitting the first 2019-nCoV cases from hospitals across Wuhan, between January 1 and January 20, 2020. The study includes the first 41 cases from Wuhan reported in The Lancet last week [1].

The authors combined clinical records, laboratory results, and imaging findings with epidemiological data. Most patients were middle-aged (average age 55.5 years) and male (67 patients), and around half had a history of exposure to the Huanan seafood market (49 patients)—most of whom (46 patients) worked at the market as managers or salespeople. Around half of cases (50 cases) occurred in people with underlying chronic diseases including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (40 patients) and diabetes (12 patients). All patients admitted to hospital had pneumonia—most were infected in both lungs (74 patients). The majority also had fever (82 patients), cough (81), and a third experienced shortness of breath (31). Five critically ill patients also experienced coinfections with bacteria (1 patient) and fungi (4). Most patients were treated with antivirals (75 patients), antibiotics (70), and oxygen therapy (75), and had a good prognosis. However, 17 patients developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), 11 of whom died of multiple organ failure. More than half of patients (57 patients) are still in hospital, and almost a third (31 patients) have been discharged, as of 25 January, 2020. The authors point out that while this is the largest study of its kind, involving 99 confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, larger studies including patients from other cities and countries are needed to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of this novel coronavirus.

NOTES TO EDITORS

The study was funded by the National Key R&D Program of China. It was conducted by researchers from Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, Wuhan, China; Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China. [1] https://www.thelancet.com/jour...rticle/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext

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