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See, viruses mutate all the time. Perhaps someone sciencey could explain one mutating at least 5-6 times in a year

Covid variant found in South Africa is worrying experts: Here’s what we know so far

Viruses mutate all the time and it’s come as no surprise to experts the coronavirus that emerged in China at the end of 2019 has undergone several significant mutations as the virus replicates and spreads.

But a new strain of the virus that has emerged in South Africa is causing concern. Like a variant that has been discovered in the U.K. in recent months, the one that has emerged in South Africa is proving to be far more transmissible.

While being able to spread more easily, so far, scientists do not believe either new variant is more deadly. But being more transmissible means more people can get infected, and this could mean more serious infections and more fatalities as a result.

Questions are now being raised over whether the coronavirus vaccines developed at breakneck speed in the last year, the western frontrunners being those developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, will be effective against significant mutations of the virus, such as the one identified in South Africa.

While scientists believe that the U.K. variant is not likely to affect the efficacy of the vaccines currently being rolled out in the West, there is more uncertainty regarding the South Africa strain.

If I was a conspiracy theory type person, I’d be wondering if this is just government propaganda to continue to keep people locked down, controlled, and more and more used to being controlled by government. Also, that China was doing shady things with a virus that made it so likely to be able to mutate so easily

Covid: WHO team investigating virus origins denied entry to China

A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China.

Two members were already en route, with the WHO saying the problem was a lack of visa clearances.

However, China has challenged this, saying details of the visit, including dates, were still being arranged.

The long-awaited probe was agreed upon by Beijing after many months of negotiations with the WHO.

The virus was first detected in Wuhan in late 2019, with the initial outbreak linked to a market.

Well, now that WHO did all they kid to cover for China in 2019 and through mid-2020, they are no longer needed as Useful Idiots by China. Because they might actually find something out with Bat Soup Virus that shows this had zero to do with a wet market and everything to do with a research facility.

Read: Bat Soup Today: New Variant Found In South Africa, China Blocking WHO Inquiry »

One has to wonder why the Credentialed Media worked so hard to protect China from accusations that they intentionally or unintentionally released Bat Soup Virus from a laboratory. Was it just because they wanted to be contradictory from what Trump was saying? Is it because they’re beholden to China, much like the NBA and Disney (how many media outlets are owned by Disney?) Do they just love China and hate the Truth? Are they protecting China because Trump launched his economic war against them, which meant that Leftists took China’s side?

‘Growing body of evidence’ that COVID-19 leak from Chinese lab a ‘credible possibility,’ Trump official claims

A top Trump administration national security official recently claimed there was a “growing body of evidence” to support the theory that COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese government-run lab in Wuhan.

Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger made the claim in a recent virtual conference call with British lawmakers regarding China. During the call, Pottinger asserted that officials within China have rejected the theory that the virus originated from a wet market in Wuhan.

“There is a growing body of evidence to say that a laboratory leak or accident is very much a credible possibility,” Pottinger said during the call. “Even establishment figures in Beijing have openly dismissed the wet market story.”

Scientists have yet to trace the exact origins of the pandemic, though it is widely believed to have been spread through human contact with infected animals. President Trump and other top officials have floated the theory that the virus leaked from a lab. To date, no evidence has emerged to support that claim.

The Daily Mail was first to report on Pottinger’s remarks.

Efforts to identify the origins of the virus are a key element of the U.S. government’s plan to prevent future pandemics, a senior administration official told Fox News when asked for further comment on Pottinger’s remarks. The official noted the administration’s stance that China has failed to share reliable information about the pandemic since its onset and that Beijing engaged in an “extensive disinformation campaign” regarding its origins.

So, scientists do not know where it actually started, but, hey, they’ll claim without that evidence that someone ate something and it just spread like wildfire, a disease that tended to target the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions, but tended to leave those 10 and under alone, and not really affect most under 50? Really? It wouldn’t be the first time a virus was released from the Wuhan lab.

But, see, not blaming China for releasing the virus, saying it came from someone eating a bat or pangolin or something allowed the media and Leftists to attack Trump. Pure and simple.

Read: Surprise: There’s More Evidence COVID Came From Lab Not Wet Market »