CoVid revisited

"If the Huanan market was the site of origin of the transmission chains that led to the COVID-19 pandemic, then the common ancestor of market-associated viral genotypes should be equivalent to the common ancestor of the pandemic, given appropriate sampling. To test this hypothesis, we assessed intra-sample variation of the SARS-CoV-2 environmental genomes from the Huanan market, assigned market sequences to virus lineages, and performed phylodynamic inference to compare the genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 within the market to its genetic diversity globally. As detailed below, we found that the MRCA of market-associated genomes was equivalent to the MRCA of the larger pandemic." CELL-volume #187, issue #19 Which means that the covid virus originated near the market( after humans were infected after shoveling bat quano in a cave previously ) and all the associated mis- and dis- information was unnecessary.Any genetic engineering the Wuhan lab may have done( 'gain of fuction' research, which scientists sometimes do to create viruses that may be more virulent so that they can get ahead of potential natural mutations) and which subsequently may have escaped is an unfortunate risk that scientists sometimes do. Such work is also performed in the U.S. and may have been responsible for Lyme disease escaping from a lab off the east coast. Looking back from the perspective of almost 5 years, Beth and I marvel that so much ignorance and bitterness still exists, and that anti-vaccine men like Mr.Kennedy will soon be in charge of the U.S. Department of Health... One 2022 Australian study found that "The average weekly death rate during the study period was 19.8 per 100,000 people for the unvaccinated and 4.7, 2.6, and 1.8 per 100,000 for those who had received a single dose, two doses, or three or more doses, respectively." My cynicism applauds their contributions to the 'Darwin Awards' that celebrate the stupidest ways that people die, but children suffer from the foibles of their parents, and my sympathies go to them. I am fully aware of the misuses of power and how money and politics can corrupt the best intentions, but the scientific method is the best defense humans have against the flaws of human nature; the next four years will be a profound test of Truth and Reality and those of us willing to defend the higher aspects of civilization. Those who seek only to preserve power and the fortunes of their particular tribe will do a disservice not only to the human race but to the entire planet.