Based on its spread so far, experts believe the Wuhan coronavirus is on track to be a pandemic as it’s spreading more like the flu than the slow-moving MERS or SARS.
Update on the rapidly spreading Wuhan coronavirus and a discussion of the early information from virologists and epidemiologists who have studied its genetic sequence.
Harvard epidemiologist says the genetic segment that codes the protein allowing the virus to enter host cells has “never been seen before in any coronavirus.”
Chinese scientists were physically removed from a BSL-4 lab in Winnipeg last July after it was discovered they shipped live samples of Ebola and Nipah virus to Beijing. Wuhan is home to China’s only BSL-4 lab.
A pneumonia-like illness emerged in the Chinese port city of Wuhan in December. Health officials there are concerned enough to shut down transportation to an area that includes 20 million people.
A new documentary on the evil of sex trafficking in the US will be screened tonight, Jan. 23, at more than 800 theaters across the country. Executive producer Geoff Rogers explains why he left the corporate world to bring light to such a dark topic.
