Wuhan Lab Publishes Study Manipulating H7N9 Virus To Be More Lethal.

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A scientific journal published by top Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers shared studies appearing to engage in gain-of-function type research, a controversial method of studying pathogens that can increase their lethality.

The Wuhan Institute of Virology is believed to have engaged in the risky form of research regarding bat coronaviruses, as now-deleted webpages reveal the lab manipulating bat coronaviruses to “replicate efficiently in primary human airway cells and achieve in vitro titers equivalent to epidemic strains of SARS-CoV.”

Now, the latest edition of the lab’s journal, Virologica Sinica, appears to contain a similar style of research with the H7N9 virus in chickens and mice. The publication’s Editor-in-Chief is Wuhan’s infamous “bat lady,” Shi Zhengli, who is the lab’s premier bat coronavirus researcher and a recipient of funds from Anthony Fauci through Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance.

Virologica Sinica published the study “Combined Insertion of Basic and Non-basic Amino Acids at Hemagglutinin Cleavage Site of Highly Pathogenic H7N9 Virus Promotes Replication and Pathogenicity in Chickens and Mice” in its most recent edition, published February 2022.

The paper’s abstract outlines how researchers “generated six H7N9 viruses,” analyzing how various amino acids altered the virus’ virulence and infectivity.

“We characterized the reconstituted viruses in terms of viral replication in avian and mammalian cells, thermostability and acid stability, cleavage efficiency, the virulence in mice, and pathogenicity and transmissibility in chickens,” outlined the study.

“The I335V substitution of H7N9 virus enhanced infectivity and transmission in chickens, suggesting that the combination of mutations and insertions of amino acids at the HACS promoted replication and pathogenicity in chickens and mice,” explained researchers.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/05/19/wuhan-lab-journal-publishes-gain-of-function-research/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8922421/pdf/main.pdf

Canada Bans Huawei and ZTE From 5G Network on Security Grounds

Canada announced on Thursday that it will ban Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE from its 5G wireless infrastructure.

Canadian companies will not be able to purchase the equipment and will have to remove the equipment already installed.

“There are many hostile actors who are ready to exploit vulnerabilities in our defences. We must redouble our efforts,” said Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino in a press conference in Ottawa.

“That’s why our government conducted an extensive and thorough security examination of 5G wireless telecommunications technologies, including those service providers who represent a high risk to the integrity of our telecommunications sector.”

The long-awaited decision will align Canada with its Five Eyes intelligence partners, which have banned Huawei or announced a phasing out of its equipment already used by domestic wireless carriers. The alliance includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Chinese ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu said in December that banning Huawei would send a “very wrong signal to the Chinese companies,” reported CBC.

Concerns about Huawei surround the links it has to the Chinese military, which the company has denied, and critics also point to the Chinese national intelligence law requiring Chinese entities to support the state’s collection of intelligence.

U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal in 2020 that Huawei was able to covertly access wireless networks around the world through back doors and had been doing so for over a decade, something Huawei denied.

Canada had deferred making a decision on whether to allow Huawei in its 5G network, as the United States on multiple occasions publicly warned that failure to do so may impact Washington’s willingness to share intelligence, fearing the data may be compromised.

China launched a series of retaliatory measures against Canada after Canadian authorities arrested Huawei chief financial officer, and daughter of the company’s founder, Meng Wanzhou, on a U.S. extradition request in December 2018.

Among measures taken by Beijing was the arbitrary arrest of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

The two were freed in September last year after Meng reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Justice Department and was afterward released by Canada.

https://www.ntd.com/canada-bans-huawei-and-zte-from-5g-network-on-security-grounds_782020.html

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'This is just a lie': How Jeff Bezos' Washington Post twisted a report about Donbass refugees to fit its narrative

The American newspaper disregarded the testimonies of volunteers to support its consistently anti-Russian stance

Last week, the Washington Post published an extensive article titled ‘Ukrainian refugees in Russia report interrogations, detention and other abuses’.

Bias against Russia is nothing new for the newspaper, owned by the oligarch Jeff Bezos. However, this particular story – authored by its former Moscow bureau chief Michael Birnbaum and reporter Mary Ilyushina (known as Maria when she worked in Russian domestic media) – appears to have gone even further than its usual output.

One of the people quoted in the piece is Danil Makhnitsky from ‘Society. Future.’, a political organization that coordinates volunteers who help refugees. When the article was published, Makhnitsky found out that most of what he had said didn’t make the cut, and the only quote the newspaper used was taken out of context. RT spoke with Danil about his work with refugees and the interview he gave the newspaper.

‘Society. Future.’ insists it's an independent political organization. Danil is its co-founder, and he represented New People in the State Duma election, while other members of the community ran as independents. Since the conflict started, the organization has been helping refugees, collecting donations and bringing supplies to refugee centers around Russia. According to community’s website, 70 volunteers have helped about 8,000 refugees and spent over 6.8 million rubles on humanitarian aid.

“We work all over southern Russia, in 13 regions, focusing on the cities that have been affected by the flow of refugees the most,” Makhnitsky told RT. “The government provides large shipments of basic necessities, and we supply other things, like clothes, personal hygiene items, and medicine. This is funded through donations from people who want to help.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/555609-western-media-ignores-donbass-refugees/

Primary source of COVID misinformation is the feds, scientists and scholars tell surgeon general

Academic freedom groups warn feds not to chill research that challenges conventional wisdom or adjudicate "properly scientific questions."

U.S Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently asked the public how COVID-19 misinformation "in the digital information environment" had affected health outcomes, trust in the healthcare system and "likelihood to vaccinate," among other issues.

According to vaccine and healthcare policy experts who joined with Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, the misinformation is coming from inside the house.

They filed a comment in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proceeding, accusing the CDC and other health organizations of promoting falsehoods and shoddy research that "shattered the public's trust in science and public health," which will "take decades to repair."

Rokita and epidemiologists Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford School of Medicine and Martin Kulldorff, formerly of Harvard Medical School, also took aim at official government figures for COVID deaths that are repeatedly cited in the media.

"The government spent close to $5 trillion fighting COVID-19, but still can't provide Hoosiers with an accurate number of deaths or hospitalizations from COVID-19," Rokita said in a press release.

While the comment doesn't mention National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, the press release specifically calls him out for "misleading messages" about the abilities of vaccines, masks and asymptomatic testing to stop COVID transmission.

Rokita's office told Just the News not to assume critical comments will be included when HHS reviews and posts the comments on the docket page, which lists 463 comments received by the May 2 deadline. It pointed to an FAQ page that says "not every comment is made publicly available to read."

The Hoosier State's top law enforcement officer, who frequently leads coalitions of Republican AGs against Biden administration policies, is one of the few elected officials to publicly question official COVID figures.

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/primary-source-covid-misinformation-feds-scientists-and-scholars-tell