22/May/20

 

A forthcoming Australian scientific study concludes that the coronavirus causing the global pandemic contains unique properties suggesting it was manipulated in a Chinese laboratory and was not the result of a natural occurrence. Five scientists who conducted the study discovered an unusual ability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as the pathogen behind COVID-19 is called, to easily infect humans. The Washington Times

 

 

Views supporting the possibility that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is a genetically engineered lab escape are proliferating, despite concerted attempts by some scientists and journalists to shut them down. Examples include a pair of articles written by a retired US army colonel, evidently with the benefit of good scientific advice: "Explained: Scientific indications that show COVID-19 is man-made"; and "Evidence indicates COVID-19 was artificially adapted to infect humans". Comment by GMWatch on articles published by WION

 

 

As the world celebrates International Biodiversity Day, PAN Asia Pacific said that it should not be “business as usual” for agrochemical transnational corporations (TNCs), which are using the COVID-19 pandemic to aggressively promote highly hazardous pesticides and genetically-modified crops, which may result to further biodiversity loss and damage to farmers’ health and livelihoods. PAN Asia Pacific