Snake Meat......source of chinese virus

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There are now two entries we have for a COVID-19 Bangladesh file: post #418 and this one:

https://www.ecns.com/news/2020-02-10/detail-ifztmcih6519094.shtml
'....Huazhong Agricultural University has 442 international students and 166 of them live on campus. They mainly come from Pakistan, Egypt, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam and Sudan....'

 

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The URL in post #421 will not work, even when typed in the spacebar. Nevertheless, it is correctly transcribed, and this can be verified by retrieving the webpage: "African Students Stay with Wuhan Amid Epidemic"

 

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There are no entries for 'pangolin coronavirus' at NCBI, though naturally occurring retroviral additions to the coronavirus genome that have already been mentioned in this thread are evidenced in pangolin feline leukemia virus as well as HIV-1:

Manis Feline Leukemia Virus
PREDICTED: Manis javanica feline leukemia virus subgroup C cellular re - Nucleotide - NCBI

Manis pentadactyla HIV-1 Enhancer Binding Protein
Manis pentadactyla human immunodeficiency virus type I enhancer bindin - Nucleotide - NCBI

Manis Influenza NS1A Binding Protein
No items found - Nucleotide - NCBI

 

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PREDICTED: Manis javanica influenza virus NS1A binding protein (IVNS1A - Nucleotide - NCBI

 

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We eventually found the coronavirus contigs, all from the pangolin lung (many from bats), here:

Oct 2019
Viral Metagenomics Revealed Sendai Virus and Coronavirus Infection of Malayan Pangolins (Manis javanica). - PubMed - NCBI
' contig 731, Rhinolophus affinis coronavirus (2014), Institute of Military Veterinary, Changchun, Jilin, China

contig 1292 bat Cp/Yunnan2011, host: Chaerephon plicata.'

Next, we locate snapshots of this bat, and, if not mistaken, the map places its habitat precisely the region of the Chinese krait subspecies, Bungarus multicinctus wanghaotingi:

https://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/bats/China bats/chaerephonplicata.htm

 

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https://bio.bris.ac.uk/research/bats/China bats/chaerephonplicata.htm

 

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www. search will retrieve the photo and map: "chaerephon plicata - Bristol."

 

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No, according to the Chaerephon plicata map, Yunnan is the next province west, although the database from the study in post #425 says "Yunnan." Thus, this species apparently also occurs in Yunnan, though its exact range is unknown at this time.

 

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From post #419, "On the Origins," this excerpt:

'A database search by the first team to study and publish the whole genome sequence for the origins of the inserted sequence turned up no hits (Ji, et al, 2020). They conducted a codon-bias analysis which led them to speculate that perhaps there had been a recombination event between a coronavirus in snakes with a coronavirus from bats (Ji, et al, 2020) This led to criticism on Wired with quote dismissing the snake origin hypothesis as lacking evidence. There is, however, clear evidence that the novel sequence which I will refer to as INS1378, is from a laboratory recombination event....The available evidence most strongly supports that the COVID-19 virus is a vaccine strain of coronavirus either accidently released from a laboratory accident, perhaps a lab researcher becoming infected with the virus while conducting animal experiments, or the Chinese were performing clinical studies of a coronavirus vaccine in humans...."Caution in proceeding to application of a SARS-CoV vaccine in humans is indicated." We believe this exonerates recombination in the lab. This does not exonerate accidental release.'

Clicking on "Inserted Portion," will reveal only the cod. These codons must be translated to reveal the amino acids.

 

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The reader can translate the 'mysterious' insertion sequence (post #419) here:

reverse-complement.com/translate-protein/ROOT/
or
https://reverse-complement.com/translate-protein/ROOT/

 

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or
https://www.reverse-complement.com/translate-protein/ROOT/

 

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or, www. search "translate nucleotide sequence into protein sequence"

The first few amino acids from the sequence are: L S F T F N S G L V L

 

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According to the DailyMail (UK), the snake hypothesis has been revived at Peking University:

Feb 16 2020 Humans Likely Got the Deadly Chinese Coronavirus from Snakes Sold at the Wuhan Market, Study Suggests
https://www/dailymail.co.uk/health/...ly-got-deadly-Chinese-coronavirus-SNAKES.html

 

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Humans probably got Chinese coronavirus from SNAKES | Daily Mail Online

 

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More links to animal hypotheses:

23 Jan 2020 Coronavirus in China May Have Spread from Snakes
(URL transcribed as found)
newsable.asianetnews.com/world/coronavirus-in-china-may-have-spread-from-snakes-q4k9gs

We finally identify the Yunnan bat of previous posts: (Yunnan/RaTG13/2013/EPI_ISL_402131):

25 Jan 2020 Mink! New Coronavirus Intermediate Host May Be Found
(URL transcribed as found)
smalltechnews.com/archives/69614
'....bats and otters....On 23 Jan 2020, Shi Zhengli, a researcher at the Wuhan Virus Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published an article on the bioRxiv prelate platform, "The Discovery of a New Coronavirus and Its Possible Bat Origin." The natural host of a new coronavirus is most likely to be bats, the study said, and is as consistent as 96% of the RaTG13 coronavirus present in Yunnan chrysanthemum bats.'*

*= Rhinolophus sinicus

Pangolin Synthas for New Coronavirus Potential Intermediate Host Or Not Unique
(URL transcribed as found)
smalltechnews.com/archives/77644

'....sequence similarity as high as 99%.... in addition to fruit beavers, may amplify the virus.'

Snake? Bat? Mink? What Kind of Animal Does the New Coronavirus Come From?
(URL transcribed as found)
smalltechnews.com/archives/72151

 

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AFT: 'First case in Singapore: Rasa Sentosa Resort and Spa.' Warmer weather may not stop the spread of COVID-19; post #279 current stats: 71,323 cases, 1,770 deaths.

 

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Have any of you read "Warrior woman" by Maxine Hong Kingston? If I remember correctly, she grew up in Oakland the child of Chinese immigrants. Her mother would cook anything, including skunk. Her mother's philosophy was if you can eat anything, you won't starve.

 

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Some detailed footage of the possible COVID-19 intermediate host:

World Pangolin Day, 15 February

 

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The Woman Warrior - Wikipedia

We might want to know in which of the five chapters is there mention of eating skunk. The chapter "White Tigers" seems to link adult females, whereas in Chinese folklore, a White Tiger is a 14-year-old girl.

 

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Pangolin synthas (post #435) is the report that Bill Zeigler is talking about (timepoint 0:39 in the video).