US Reportedly Ignored Warning of Corona Virus Experiment in Wuhan 2 Years Before the Outbreak

WASHINGTON DC, KOMPAS.com – AS reportedly ignored reports that the experiment was taking place corona virus of Wuhan, two years before the outbreak started.

Diplomats at the US Embassy in China warned Washington that a new virus had been discovered in the laboratory.

Health and science experts at the embassy discovered the virus when they attended a conference in Beijing.

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At that time, they watched presentations by Chinese researchers, including those from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

At that time, scientists at WIV discovered a population of bats in a cave in Yunnan Province, giving them insight into the origin and spread of the coronavirus.

In addition, as reported The Sun, Thursday (11/3/2021), researchers also found three viruses that have unique characteristics.

This characteristic is the presence of a spike protein (crown protein) which has the ability to attach to special receptors in the human lung.

Later on, this characteristic emerged from Covid-19 which has now become epidemic throughout the world.

The US team then went to WIV and met a number of scientists, including Shi Zhengli, known as the “bat woman”.

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During this discussion, the experts were surprised to find that the laboratory did not have enough trained staff to carry out the research.

They also sent a diplomatic cable to Washington warning that there was a group of dangerous viruses that could become a problem at a later date.

However, the warning was ignored by the White House, and only emerged after being leaked to Washington Post.

“The wire is clearly a stern warning. They are urging the government to observe what is happening,” said one diplomat.

Writer of the wire to journalists The Post John Rogin said they warned that WIV was a serious threat.

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At that time, he thought the virus would become something like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that broke out in the early 2000s.

“If I knew this virus would become the biggest epidemic in human history, I would be more serious about giving warnings,” he explained.

Other documents reveal that scientists in Wuhan fell ill with Covid-19-like symptoms at the end of 2019, months before the outbreak.

WIV is known for experimenting on the bat coronavirus, and creating infectious hybrid strains to examine.

The location of the laboratory is not far from what is believed to be the first deployment in December 2019.

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