Chinese scientists: The problem of virus tracing requires in-depth research by scientists from various countries

Source: Pharmaceutical Network

At the press conference of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism on the 23rd, Shi Yi, a researcher at the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the problem of virus tracing requires in-depth research by scientists from various countries. The current epidemic of new pneumonia is raging all over the world. I hope all countries in the world will focus their energy and attention on the key work of epidemic prevention and control.

A reporter asked that day: Recently, foreign media reported that the US military restarted the Fort Detrick Biochemical Research Base in Maryland. Many local people began to flee when they got the news. Some people in the United States believe that there is multiple evidence that the Fort Detrick Biochemical Research Base was urgently shut down in August last year. It is suspected that the base may be the source of the new coronavirus and caused an influenza pandemic in the United States in autumn and winter. The virus broke out again in China after the American soldiers who participated in the Wuhan Military Games mutated. How do you view this problem?

"We have noticed relevant information on the Internet. Some people in the United States suspect that Fort Detrick Biochemical Research Base may be the source of the new coronavirus. The United States has no public response to this, and we have no way to make a judgment." Shi Yi said.

Shi Yi said that the source of the virus itself is a scientific issue, and its main purpose is to prevent the recurrence of similar epidemics from harming human society. At present, scientists from all over the world are conducting research on the source of the virus, and have put forward many academic views, assumptions and conjectures on the source of the new coronavirus. Chinese scientists are also seriously carrying out relevant research at present to find the origin of the new coronavirus as soon as possible, to do a good job of prevention and control, and provide a scientific basis.

Shi Yi pointed out that from the perspective of the whole process of scientific research on virus tracing, this is a scientific problem that requires a long time and there is uncertainty. It is necessary to gather a lot of biological information and epidemiological evidence into a mutually validated evidence chain In order to truly complete the task.

He also pointed out that many diseases in human history, such as AIDS, SARS, etc., have explored the source of it through more than a decade or even decades of research. Although progress has been made, the results of the research are only speculations, and the final has not yet been reached. The answer, "Research work continues to this day."

Shi Yi said that the current epidemic of new pneumonia is raging all over the world, and he hopes that all countries in the world will focus their energy and attention on the key work of epidemic prevention and control. The scientific problem of virus traceability requires in-depth research by scientists from various countries.