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More than a year since the first known person was infected with the coronavirus, an AP investigation shows the Chinese government is strictly controlling all research into its origins while actively promoting fringe theories that it could have come from outside China.
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Deep in the lush mountain valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harboured bats with the closest known relative of the Covid-19 virus. The area is of intense scientific interest because it may hold clues to the origins of the coronavirus that has killed more than 1.7 million people worldwide. Yet for scientists and journalists, it has become a black hole of no information because of political sensitivity and secrecy. Ng Han Guan/AP A worker wearing a mask peeps out behind construction barrier with a notice depicting a bat and advocating for people not to eat wi...
2020/12/30 19:52 A group claiming to be local villagers blocks access to a bat cave in Yunnan Province, China A group claiming to be local villagers blocks access to a bat cave in Yunnan Province, China (AP photo) MOJIANG, China (AP) — Deep in the lush mountain valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harbored bats with the closest known relative of the COVID-19 virus. The area is of intense scientific interest because it may hold clues to the origins of the coronavirus that has killed more ...
County board learns limits of managing large-scale livestock operations Burnett County, the home of several St. Croix River tributaries, receives recommendations to regulate industrial agriculture. Hog CAFO, North Carolina (Emily Sutton, Haw Riverkeeper|Flickr) Howard Pahl lives in the rural township of Trade Lake, Wisc., which he’s called home since 1978. He’s one of only a few; the 36-square mile township is home to just 823 people. Most of the township and its residents are downwind of a proposed industrial swine facility that has put them on defense. Pahl spoke to the Burnett County ...