"발없는 말이 천리간다" 또는 "풍문에 들었소"라는 Proverb들이 많이 귀에 익다.
요즘은 전세계가 Coronavirus Pandemic에 반항한번 못하고 절절 기고있는 세상에 살고있는 우리인간들이 불쌍하기 이를데 없다. 그런데 Wuhan에서 처음 발생했던 Covid-19의 발원지가 Wuhan에 있는 세균실험실에서 튀쳐나와 전세계로 퍼졌으니, 미국을 중심으로 한 관련국들이 이에 대한 책임을 중국이 져야한다는 불만을 토로하고 있다는 뉴스가 전세계로 타전되여 앞으로 그 뒤추가 주목된다.
뉴스를 보도한 한미디아의 내용을 살펴보자.
중국정부는 Coronavirus Pandemic이 Wuhan시의 한 실험실에서 처음 발생했다는 주장을 다시 부인하기에 바쁘다. 중국외교부의 대변인, Zhao Lijian씨는 목요일 기자회견에서, UN산하 WHO가 주장하기를 이번 전염병은 우한의 실험실에서 발생했다는 증거가 없음을 설명했다고 주장한 것이다.
대변인, Zhao씨는, 아주 잘 알려진 메디칼 스페셜리스튼씨의 설명에 따르면, 이번 전염병이 Wuhan의 한 실험실에서 실수로 퍼졌다는 주장은 과학적으로 근거가 안된다는 점을 주장했었다는 점을 첨가 설명했다.
이번 이슈는 정치적으로 이끌어갈려는 여러얘기들에 신경이 많이 쓰인다고 했는데, 전염병이 우한에서 발생했다는 의문에 대해서는 과학적으로 이미 사실이 아님이 증명된 것이고, 끝까지 과학자들과 의학적 전문가들의 의견을 믿어주어야 할것이라고 했다.
미국의 미디아들은 이번 전염병균이, 중국에서 주장해온것 처럼, 재래시장의 생선가게에서 처음 발생했다는것이아니고, Wuhan소재 Virology연구실에서 처음 발생했다는 가능성을 강하게 주장하는 것이다. 트럼프대통령은 수요일 "우리는 아주 정교한 조사를 벌이고있다"라고 설명하면서 그가능성을 주장한것이다.
미국의 정보기관에서는 수요일 미국은 현재 Coronavirus Pandemic은 중국의 세균실험실에서 처음 발생했을 가능성에 대해 깊이 추적하고 있다고 설명했었다.
목요일 브리핑에서 Zhao씨는 트럼프 대통령의 주장에 이런 주장은 전적으로 과학자들과 전문가들의 의견을 존중해야하며, 트럼프 대통령의 주장은 생각할 일고의 가치가 없다라고 잘랐다. 중국은 국제적으로 협조할일에 참여에 동참 기꺼이 동참할것이며, Zhao씨는 이번 전염병퇴치를 위해 우리모두가 함께 일하기를 간절히 바란다.
EXCLUSIVE: There is increasing confidence that the COVID-19 outbreak
likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory, though not as a bioweapon but
as part of China's attempt to demonstrate that its efforts to identify
and combat viruses are equal to or greater than the capabilities of the
United States, multiple sources who have been briefed on the details of
early actions by China's government and seen relevant materials tell Fox
News.
This may be the "costliest government cover-up of all time," one of the sources said.The sources believe the initial transmission of the virus – a naturally occurring strain that was being studied there – was bat-to-human and that "patient zero" worked at the laboratory, then went into the population in Wuhan.
The “increasing confidence” comes from classified and open-source documents and evidence, the sources said. Fox News has requested to see the evidence directly. Sources emphasized -- as is often the case with intelligence -- that it’s not definitive and should not be characterized as such. Some inside the administration and the intelligence and epidemiological communities are more skeptical, and the investigation is continuing.
What all of the sources agree about is the extensive cover-up of data and information about COVID-19 orchestrated by the Chinese government.
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Asked by Fox News' John Roberts about the reporting, President Trump remarked at Wednesday's coronavirus press briefing, "More and more we're hearing the story...we are doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation."
Documents detail early efforts by doctors at the lab and early efforts at containment. The Wuhan wet market initially identified as a possible point of origin never sold bats, and the sources tell Fox News that blaming the wet market was an effort by China to deflect blame from the laboratory, along with the country's propaganda efforts targeting the U.S. and Italy.
U.S. Embassy officials warned in January 2018 about inadequate safety at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab and passed on information about scientists conducting risky research on coronavirus from bats, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Responding to the report, Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday afternoon: "It should be no surprise to you that we have taken a keen interest in that and we've had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that. I would just say at this point, it's inconclusive, although the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural, but we don't know for certain."
“Even today, I see them withholding information and I think we need to do more to continue to press them to share,” Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told “America’s Newsroom" on Wednesday, referring to China. Esper added that he wouldn't speak to "intelligence reporting," but that "most people believe it began naturally — it was organic, if you will. I think in due course, once we get through the pandemic we're in right now, there'll be time to look back and really ascertain what happened and make sure we have a better understanding so we can prevent this in the future."
Sources point to the structure of the virus, in saying the genome mapping specifically shows it was not genetically altered.
Speaking to "The Story" Wednesday evening, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remarked: "What we do know is we know that this virus originated in Wuhan, China. We know there is the Wuhan Institute of Virology just a handful of miles away from where the wet market was. There is still lots to learn. You should know that the United States government is working diligently to figure it out."
Concerning the State Department cables warning about the Wuhan laboratory, Pompeo said the installation "contained highly contagious materials — we knew that, we knew that they were working on this program, many countries have programs like this. In countries that are open and transparent, they have the ability to control them and keep them safe, and they allow outside observers in to make sure all the processes and procedures are right. I only wish that that had happened in this place."
On Thursday, China's foreign ministry pushed back on the suspicion that the virus escaped from the facility, by citing statements from the World Health Organization that there is no evidence the coronavirus came from a laboratory.
Americans were originally helping train the Chinese in a program called PREVENT well before the Chinese started working on this virus. The French government helped the Chinese set up the Wuhan lab.
China "100 percent" suppressed data and changed data, the sources tell Fox News. Samples were destroyed, contaminated areas scrubbed, some early reports erased, and academic articles stifled.
STATE DEPT LEAKED CABLES RENEW THEORIES ON ORIGINS OF CORONAVIRUS
There were doctors and journalists who were "disappeared" warning of the spread of the virus and its contagious nature and human to human transmission. China moved quickly to shut down travel domestically from Wuhan to the rest of China, but did not stop international flights from Wuhan.
Additionally, the sources tell Fox News the World Health Organization (WHO) was complicit from the beginning in helping China cover its tracks.
China's government has again denied allegations that the coronavirus originated at a research lab in the city of Wuhan.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a news conference on Thursday that the World Health Organization has repeatedly said there is no evidence that the virus was engineered in a lab.
Zhao added that well-known medical specialists have said any claim that the virus was leaked from a lab has no scientific basis.
Zhao stressed that the matter should not be politicized. He said it is China's consistent view that the question of the origin of the virus is scientific and should be dealt with by scientists and medical experts.
US media have raised the possibility that the virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, not a seafood market as initially suspected.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday "we are doing a very thorough examination" into the possibility.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a news conference on Thursday that the World Health Organization has repeatedly said there is no evidence that the virus was engineered in a lab.
Zhao added that well-known medical specialists have said any claim that the virus was leaked from a lab has no scientific basis.
Zhao stressed that the matter should not be politicized. He said it is China's consistent view that the question of the origin of the virus is scientific and should be dealt with by scientists and medical experts.
US media have raised the possibility that the virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, not a seafood market as initially suspected.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday "we are doing a very thorough examination" into the possibility.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao
Lijian dismissed claims that the new coronavirus raging through the
world originated at a laboratory in Wuhan in Central China's Hubei
Province, where COVID-19 was first reported.
U.S. intelligence and national security officials Wednesday said that the U.S. is looking into the possibility that novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab.
U.S. President Donald Trump later on Wednesday also said his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan.
Addressing a daily media briefing on Thursday, Zhao responded that the origin of this new virus is for the scientists and medical experts to find out, and the claim itself is groundless.
"Officials of the World Health Organization have repeatedly said there's no evidence the virus was made in a lab, and many experts have also said the claim lacks scientific ground."
Pledging China's continuous participation in international cooperation, Zhao urged all parties to work together in the battle against the infectious disease.
U.S. intelligence and national security officials Wednesday said that the U.S. is looking into the possibility that novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab.
U.S. President Donald Trump later on Wednesday also said his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan.
Addressing a daily media briefing on Thursday, Zhao responded that the origin of this new virus is for the scientists and medical experts to find out, and the claim itself is groundless.
"Officials of the World Health Organization have repeatedly said there's no evidence the virus was made in a lab, and many experts have also said the claim lacks scientific ground."
Pledging China's continuous participation in international cooperation, Zhao urged all parties to work together in the battle against the infectious disease.
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