China should be sued for $6.5 trillion for coronavirus damages - top UK think tank

[Pakistani Fighter]

what’s wrong is wrong

then West and Indians should be looked into

One hand you take Chinese military hardware and friendship, another hand , at the back ,stab the Chinese with accusation

Same thing we do with Americans, Europeans, Turks, Iranians and Arabs

 

[Fekay]

Lol, the amount of conspiracy theories regarding the lockdown and the virus is beyond ridiculous. Dangerous people spreading lies and costing lives! The fact that China was the first country to go into lockdown is proof enough that the virus isn’t a made-up hoax planned by the west to lockdown their people.

 

[Beast]

this is no place for Chinese fanboys

what’s wrong is wrong

Typical slave mentality

What’s JF17 got to do with virus ?

Chinese fanboy? More like you are a Pakistanis fanboy. Slave mentality? Why not say I hit right on the nail?
You take Chinese help for granted and think it can be stamp on when u like it by false accusation? Are you going to deny China has help Pakistan more than Pakistan help China?

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/13/un-is-set-to-blacklist-jems-azhar--but-china-hinders-this.html

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010wenindia/2010-12/18/content_11721909.htm

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010wenindia/2010-12/18/content_11721909.htm

While u are more willing to listen to hearsay of China enemies like China diet practice and all kind of racist insult that cause the covid-19? Then u smear and stab CHina at back and still expect we continue assist Pakistan?

Even the lastest study by lead scientist suggest the leap of virus from bat then eaten by Chinese are nothing but nonsense which only fool like you listen to it.

Has Covid-19 been in humans for years?
Leading scientists tell CNN that it's possible the virus didn't just come from bats in the past months, but that it could made the leap to humans many months, perhaps even years ago before it then transferred among people to become as lethal as it has. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.
Source: CNN


http://theconversation.com/scientis...-the-source-of-covid-19-why-it-matters-133467

The current COVID-19 outbreak is driven by a novel coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) that is spreading between people. The first human infections were reported at the end of December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province in China when a cluster of 41 pneumonia cases was identified. Deeper analysis showed that it was a novel coronavirus.

A third – 66% of the cases – had direct exposure to the Huanan Seafood market. Fish, shellfish, wildlife, snakes, birds and several different types of meat and carcasses were sold at this market. The market was closed immediately, and it has not reopened since.

Scientists around the world have been working around the clock to identify the pathogen behind the new illness.

Information that gave the first clues was released in mid-January 2020 when the full viral genomic sequence of the new coronavirus from a patient sample was published. It showed a new coronavirus – SARS-CoV2 – belonging to the same group as the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARS-CoV) which caused the 2003 SARS outbreak.

But the new virus differed significantly, raising questions about its origin. The strongest speculation has been that the virus is somehow linked to the market given two thirds of the first batch of people infected had had ties with it. But even this hasn’t been proved yet. And subsequent investigations indicate that the first patient – who started experiencing symptoms as early as 1 December 2019 – had no reported link to the market, or the other patients.

Several questions remain. Most importantly, there’s no clear data on what the source was. But tracking down the origin of the illness is important because it’s essential to know who or what infected “patient zero”. Understanding the specific circumstances, including human behaviour and activities, that led to this pandemic may provide clues about risk factors for future outbreaks.

Shots in the dark
There has been a great deal of speculation about the source of the new coronavirus. Soon after the reports of the first cases being identified a range of theories were floated. These included reports that the virus was leaked from the laboratory at the Wuhan Centre for Disease Control. A number of renowned scientists issued a statement condemning “conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin”.

Similarly, the theory that the virus originated from snakes was subsequently debunked.

Misinformation like this was fuelled by early reports that suggested a link between the market, animals and the new coronavirus. But this has never been substantiated.

Nevertheless, it’s a line of inquiry that scientists continue to pursue. Bats, in particular, have been studied closely because they are considered to be the natural host of coronaviruses.

Previous research has shown that most pathogenic human coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, have genetically similar viruses in bats. This diversity creates a pool of viruses that can spill over when and where the opportunity arises, most often into an intermediate animal source and then to humans.

Read more: Why it's important to study coronaviruses in African bats

For example, bio-surveillance studies focused on finding the reservoir of SARS coronavirus showed that the closest related virus was in horse bats (Rhinolophus spp) in China. Civets were an intermediate host infecting humans.

And fresh new data was released recently showing a close relationship – over 96% similarity – between a virus from a horseshoe bat sample collected in Yunnan and SARS CoV-2.

A second paper reported similarity – 89% similarity – between SARS CoV-2 and a group of SARS-like coronaviruses previously found in bats in China.

But these similarities are still not enough to identify the direct spillover virus causing the current outbreak.

A key issue is that although the similarities appear high, the mutation rate of coronaviruses is complicated. Added to the complexity of the story is that there’s as a high probability that an intermediate host is part of the equation. This insight comes from the fact that most bat viruses are present in low amounts in bats and need to amplify in a different host before they can spillover into humans.

For example, in the 2002/2003 SARS-CoV outbreak civets were identified as the intermediate host. In the most recent outbreak pangolins have been implicated. But there are huge gaps in this theory given that the coronavirus identified in pangolins has only a 90% similarity with the human viruses.

Designing interventions
Preventing the spillover of a virus from animals to humans can save billions of dollars and human lives.

A pool of diverse viruses will continue to circulate in wildlife. Knowing the diversity, species implicated, and geographical distribution – together with understanding specific human activities that can increase the risk of spillover – is essential to prevent future outbreaks and sustain a healthy global economy.

Finding the source of a virus can sometimes lead to very simple interventions. For example, scientists identified the flying fox bat in Bangladesh as the natural host of the Nipah virus which can cause acute respiratory illness and fatal encephalitis. Researchers found that the virus was carried in bat urine. People became infected when they consumed raw date palm sap from palm trees that had bat urine in it. Interventions included education campaigns to discourage the drinking of fresh date palm sap. People were also encouraged to close collection containers to prevent the sap from being contaminated by bat urine .

Interventions will differ for every virus and geographical location. But basic virological, epidemiological and anthropological data is desperately needed for known outbreaks and to lessen the burden of future potential outbreaks.

 

[aziqbal]

Sit down you are trying to be patriotic by showing your slave mentality

I am pro China than anyone I don’t need to introduce myself

but I don’t go blind when I see wrong

typical Chinese fanboys even Chinese are saying wet markets should close and these slave mentality Pakistani are jumping up and down like monkeys on a hot surface

 

[grey boy 2]

Yes UK and US are no saints

but who the hell eats live frogs seahorse and freggin starfish ?

Chinese have no soul no heart and no continuousness

poor counties are suffering because of their stupid practices

Will you be heart broken when you found out your American idol is eating weird things thats disgusting according to your standard?

Americans eat "fry bats, rattle snakes, squirrels, crocodile, beaver basically all kind of wild animals

Snack on fried rattlesnake before taking a turn in the snake pit if you dare. Don't miss the festival's open-air flea market, or take the kids over to the carnival area where they can enjoy a wide variety of rides.
https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.18412

Urban Squirrel-Eating Is Big in the Windy City
For a subset of Chicago foodies—"with au courant appetites for sustainable, healthy, and locally sourced meats"—squirrel eating is making a comeback. Just call your dinner the "Chicken of the Trees."
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/08/urban-squirrel-eating-big-windy-city/324619/
Here is a restaurant in Florida that serves BBQ Bat.

https://www.npr.org/sections/itsall...in-florida-hard-times-politics-and-smoked-bat

Not to mention that rednecks eat all kinds of animals from opossums to beavers to coyotes to raccoons, etc.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Guys, the analogies with colonial wars and famines are actually incorrect as these were man-made disasters visited upon lesser nations.

The Covid crisis is a natural occurrence.

It's like suing India for earthquakes because India decided to break away from Africa and repeatedly try to shag Asia.

It really is that ridiculous and this think-tank should be laughed at.

 

[Beast]

Sit down you are trying to be patriotic by showing your slave mentality

I am pro China than anyone I don’t need to introduce myself

but I don’t go blind when I see wrong

typical Chinese fanboys even Chinese are saying wet markets should close and these slave mentality Pakistani are jumping up and down like monkeys on a hot surface

Do u have proof the source of virus is really from that market?

https://www.iflscience.com/health-a...y-not-be-ground-zero-of-the-covid19-pandemic/
And do you even know wuhan wet market sells what?

The market is just like any other wet market of civilised world that sells live seafood and livestock of chicken instead of the smearing talk of selling bats and other exotic animals

https://observers.france24.com/en/2...-dogs-snakes-rats-bats-wuhan-market-indonesia

The origin source of the virus is never from the wuhan wet market as intend to attack China with lots of false accusation. You claim u are pro China? What a joke to fancy believe such evil hearsay of China.

 

[beijingwalker]

Very very few Chinese people eat weird stuff, regular Chinese restaurants only serve regular food, China does have some wet markets, but the number of them are far smaller comparing to those wet markets all across south east Asia, south Asia, Africa and Latin America. Hunting of any forms is strictly forbidden in China so Chinese people eat no bush meat like many US hunters do.
Most wide spread virus plagued humanity were actually not from wild animals, they mostly come from domesticated animals, H1N1 and Spanish flu are from pigs, MERS is from camels, bird Flu is from chicken, foot and mouth disease is from cattles and mad cow disease is from cows...

 

[Crusher]

UK should be sued for 70 years old economic mess in south asia caused by Kashmir dispute which was created intentionally by the UK in 1947.

 

[ARMalik]

According to reports UK PM Borris Johnson aka the Clown, chaired a COBRA meeting and has held China responsible for the Coronavirus and the economical mess in UK. You will see this popping up in newspapers soon.

 

[nahtanbob]

Fellow PDF-ers - MARK THIS FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS because this is what is going to happen. This is what THE GAME is - to go after China! This is going to be a very DANGEROUS game. This can lead to Global War WW-3. This can lead to countries friendly to China to be declared also the aggressors along with China.

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China should be sued for $6.5 trillion for coronavirus damages says top UK think tank
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe...s-says-top-uk-think-tank-20200405-p54h5b.html

London: China should be sued under international law for trillions of dollars for its initial cover-up of the coronavirus pandemic which has caused more than 60,000 deaths and trillions of dollars in economic damage, a new report says.

The report said damages should be for at least the £3.2 ($6.5 trillion) being spent by G7 nations propping up their domestic economies as governments forced their citizens to stay at home so they could try and contain the disease's spread.

According to the report, Coronavirus Compensation? by conservative London think tank The Henry Jackson Society, China could be sued under 10 possible legal avenues, including the International Health Regulations, which were beefed up after the SARS outbreak, which China also tried to cover up.

The report said had China provided accurate information at an early juncture, "the infection would not have left China."

China only reported the disease to the WHO on December 31 and said there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission.

The Henry Jackson Society said China had done the opposite, by covering up data and punishing doctors who sought to tell the truth.

It urged a coalition of countries to launch joint-action because of China's record of "responding aggressively to threats on the world stage."


"Taking action would require both courage and global solidarity," the report said.

"In its early response, Wuhan and Hubei breached [International Health] Regulations...responsibility goes to the top of the regime.

"It appears more than probable that the Chinese Communist Party’s response to COVID-19 was in breach of international law," it said.

The report said that while levelling a claim of dispute under the International Health Regulations would be unprecedented, there was an initial framework within the structures of the WHO for bringing such a suit.


Other options could involve using the International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of Arbitration, The World Trade Organisation, bilateral investment treaties and even the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

good luck getting 6.5 pennies

UK should be sued for 70 years old economic mess in south asia caused by Kashmir dispute which was created intentionally by the UK in 1947.

Kashmir dispute is solely yours

 

[Grandy]

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Look this hight plan "Agenda ID2020"

Globalist vaccine advocate Bill Gates announced Sunday that society will not return to normal unless the masses get inoculated with the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine, and until that happens, they will keep society and public events shut down.