China Is Floating Theories that COVID-19 Originated Elsewhere

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It’s been more than a year since the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic, taking the lives of more than half a million people across the world.

On June 11 2020, Chinese health officials declared a new spread of coronavirus in Xinfadi Wholesale Food Market, after 57 days of being COVID-free. Chinese authorities claim that there is evidence to show that the coronavirus could be transmitted via food packaging. China has since implemented mandatory testing on all imported cold-chain foods, in an effort to prevent COVID-19 from entering the country.

But can the coronavirus live on frozen food imports?

The World Health Organisation believes that there is currently no evidence to support this. However, some experts believe that China is trying to divert the conversation by pushing the idea that the coronavirus originated elsewhere.

VICE World News speaks with Dale Fisher, a professor in Infectious Diseases at the National University of Singapore and Andrew Small, an expert in China politics at the German Marshall Fund, to find out more about the science and logic behind China’s claims.

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Chinese bots doing their job with the dislike button.

leopoldbuttersstotch
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wow!! cant believe china is trying to blame other countries (where the imported products come from) for the origin of c19.
upon the pain they've inflicted to the world n they try to make a blame is just WOW

danarthur
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Hey China, just admit it and help the world to end this pandemic asap. Sick of this already!

jeffreysucipto
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From a scientific standpoint it is reasonable to suspect virusparticles to survive longer when stored cold, but freezing often damages proteins and lipid layers. So the detection of viral RNA is possible but infectious virus particles not so much.

lucashuttebraucker
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Touches raw food then touches face. Without washing hands. What kind of mouth breather is this.

cyzcyt
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Living/being in denial will not solve anything!

armadilloburns
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4:54 allegedly viruses are not alive to begin with

lefunnyN
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Goddammit I thought I was the only one obsessively following COVID news

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I am waiting for them to say it originated from india or japan or Philippines.

abhishektandon
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The segments of pangolin genes in the virus speak to where it evolved

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Almost like they are playing some sort of long

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what happen in china the whole world in trouble

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Yeah right.. And the rocket the other day wasn't really Chinese either huh? Stop being imperialistic & treat animals right aswell.

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There covid on that chinese mc nugget 🤔

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