旧金山发现美国首例新变种（Omicron）病人

从未打过流感疫苗。 打新冠疫苗也要等等看。

谢谢李哥对疫苗的分享，大陆这边，我们家这还没怎么听说疫苗相关的东西，慢慢等喽
不过我是怕打针的人～

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好消息：

“The FDA’s authorization for emergency use of the first COVID-19 vaccine is a significant milestone in battling this devastating pandemic that has affected so many families in the United States and around the world,” said FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D. “Today’s action follows an open and transparent review process that included input from independent scientific and public health experts and a thorough evaluation by the agency’s career scientists to ensure this vaccine met FDA’s rigorous, scientific standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality needed to support emergency use authorization. The tireless work to develop a new vaccine to prevent this novel, serious, and life-threatening disease in an expedited timeframe after its emergence is a true testament to scientific innovation and public-private collaboration worldwide.”

www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-key-action-fight-against-covid-19-issuing-emergency-use-authorization-first-covid-19

看起来，接种疫苗的实际时间要比预计的快很多，Dr. Fauci今天说，美国最快三月底前，愿意接种的人都有可能获得疫苗。因为现在还有两家制药公司的疫苗研究进入最后阶段。希望明天夏天民众日常生活可以恢复正常。

thehill.com/policy/healthcare/534118-moderna-ceo-warns-the-world-will-have-to-live-with-covid-forever
Moderna CEO warns the coronavirus is 'not going away'

美传染病专家在印感染新冠去世 此前已注射两针辉瑞

5月3日，美国印度裔传染病专家拉贾德拉·卡皮拉在印度感染新冠病毒后去世。他是传染病专家，对新冠病毒有专门研究，去印度之前已经完成了两针新冠病毒疫苗注射。由于这一原因，卡皮拉之死受到很大的关注。

卡皮拉是一名传染病专家，已经新泽西医科及牙医大学医院工作20余年。美国HIV/AIDS总统顾问委员会成员罗伯特·施瓦茨在美国当地时间5月3日上午透露了这一消息，并向卡皮拉的家人致哀。资料显示，卡皮拉和罗伯特·施瓦茨是多年好友，曾经共同发表过多篇论文。

据了解情况的人透露，卡皮拉从美国回到印度北方邦的加济阿巴德，以便照顾年老的岳父。卡皮拉在出发之前，已经完成了两针辉瑞公司的新冠疫苗注射，然而不幸的，他在印度很快感染了新冠病毒印度变种。

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事情发展到了一个非常微妙的境地！

"The origins of the coronavirus aren’t just a matter of scientific curiosity. A definitive answer to where it came from could have an enormous impact on how we understand and prepare for deadly outbreaks, the political effects of the pandemic in the U.S and the world’s relationship with China."

"The debate over the lab leak has already raised tensions between the Chinese government — which categorically denies the theory — and its international competitors, who have become frustrated with China’s lack of transparency throughout the pandemic. Clear evidence that the virus did in fact escape from a Chinese lab could further fray the country’s international relationships or deal a blow to its ambitions to become the world’s dominant economic power, experts say."

Everything at stake in the hunt for COVID-19’s origins
by Mike Bebernes·Senior Editor at Yahoo News
Thu, May 27, 2021

What’s happening

Since the early days of the pandemic, there's been broad scientific consensus that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 originally developed in bats before eventually moving to humans, just as the viruses behind SARS and MERS did. An alternate explanation, that the virus escaped from a Chinese lab, was largely dismissed as something between highly unlikely and wildly conspiratorial.

Over time, however, the lab leak theory has gained more traction among respected scientists as circumstantial evidence has piled up and proof of animal transmission hasn’t emerged. To be clear, no explanation of the origins of SARS-CoV-2 has been proven and many scientists still say it is far more likely that the virus developed naturally. But a number of health experts who had expressed near certainty about the issue last spring are now at least considering the lab leak theory as a possibility.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said earlier this month that he’s “not convinced” that the virus originated in the wild and said he supported further investigation into the question. Dr. Robert Redfield, who was director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until January, said recently that he believes the lab theory is the “most likely” explanation.

In the most basic terms, the lab leak theory posits that the virus was created by scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology — a prominent research facility in the same part of China where the pandemic first took hold — and was unwittingly transmitted to the general population by lab staffers who became infected there. An alternative theory, that the virus was released deliberately as a bioweapon, has been thoroughly debunked.

Why there’s debate

The origins of the coronavirus aren’t just a matter of scientific curiosity. A definitive answer to where it came from could have an enormous impact on how we understand and prepare for deadly outbreaks, the political effects of the pandemic in the U.S and the world’s relationship with China.

Some experts say proof that the virus escaped from a lab would upend the entire field of virology and force the scientific community to reconsider how it studies dangerous pathogens. Others fear that a lab leak would undo the trust and goodwill that the field of science has gained with much of the public over the course of the pandemic.

In the U.S., proof of a lab leak could allow former President Donald Trump — who repeatedly attempted to blame China for the pandemic — to reframe what is widely considered to be his failed response to the virus, political analysts say. That would not only have an impact on his legacy, they argue, but could also influence his chances of winning reelection if he runs for president again. The lab leak theory could also be a moment of reckoning for the media, some argue, because of the certainty with which they dismissed the idea last year.

The debate over the lab leak has already raised tensions between the Chinese government — which categorically denies the theory — and its international competitors, who have become frustrated with China’s lack of transparency throughout the pandemic. Clear evidence that the virus did in fact escape from a Chinese lab could further fray the country’s international relationships or deal a blow to its ambitions to become the world’s dominant economic power, experts say.

What’s next

President Biden on Wednesday asked U.S. intelligence agencies to redouble their efforts to find the source of COVID-19, but it’s unclear whether China will allow anything more than the limited access they have offered to global investigators so far. Many virologists say it’s possible that the origins of SARS-CoV-2 may never be proven.

Perspectives
Debate over COVID’s origins is distracting from the global effort to stamp out the virus

“While a lab-leak debate overwhelms the media & politics, tidal waves of COVID will crash on low/middle-income countries. New strains of SARSCoV2 could evolve in the next few years. … Powerful countries would be wise to concentrate on preventing that.” — Nature reporter Amy Maxman

We need to know how this pandemic started if we want to prevent the next one

“This question of origins is not an idle debate, either. It matters a lot, because knowing how a virus-driven pandemic begins focuses our attention on preventing similar situations. There are many more disease-causing viruses out there.” — Josh Fischman, Scientific American

The way we research and prepare for deadly viruses could be upended

“Virologists have a significant stake in the origin issue because they have for years enhanced the danger of natural viruses in their laboratories. … If in fact one of these souped-up viruses is the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, virologists everywhere, not just in China, will have a lot of explaining to do.” — Nicholas Wade, New York Post

Proof isn’t necessary to reconsider dangerous virology practices

“It’s not all about whether a lab accident caused this particular pandemic. I’d like to see the attention focus on the regulation of dangerous experiments, because we’ve seen what a pandemic can do to us all, and we should be extremely sure before we do anything that increases that probability even a little.” — Epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch to MIT Technology Review

Proof of a lab leak could erode public trust in science

“Should we discover that COVID-19 originated in research — however well-intentioned — a recent boost in public support for science could evaporate, which might be the greatest risk of all.” — Bryan Walsh, Axios

The lab leak, if proven, could become a political weapon for Republicans

“Pro-Trumpers want to use Chinese misconduct — real and imagined — as a weapon in a culture war here at home. They are not interested in weighing the evidence. They want payback for the political and cultural injuries inflicted on them by the scientists. They want Fauci to have time in the barrel. What the rest of us should want is the truth.” — David Frum, The Atlantic

No answer on COVID’s origins will excuse Trump’s failed pandemic response

“In any case, whether it originated in a lab or a wet market is irrelevant to Trump’s decisions — either way, his job was to protect Americans from the virus, and he failed.” — Jonathan Chait, New York

The media, on both sides, must reconsider how it lets politics define truth

“The narrative first failures of right-wing media during this pandemic, I think, have tangibly degraded the nation's ability both to govern itself and fight off pandemics. But it is not exclusive to them. Those impulses suffuse all of us. … It should be an object lesson to all of us not to let ourselves view the world primarily as through a set of facts that may or may not be conveniently marshaled for a specific political end.” — Chris Hayes, MSNBC

The liberal media’s credibility could take a major blow

“It's not that we found new evidence backing the hypothesis. It's just that the same journalists who parroted the talking points of scientists with obvious conflicts of interest were so blinded by their partisan loathing of then-President Donald Trump that they could not be trusted to evaluate the evidence themselves.” — Tiana Lowe, Washington Examiner

Proof of a lab leak could destabilize China’s government

“Although no one could blame China for a natural occurrence, people around the world and in China would be enraged if it were discovered that COVID-19 stemmed from an accidental lab leak and coverup. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s grip on power could be threatened.” — Jamie Metzl, The Hill

Clear evidence of a lab leak could have massive economic repercussions

“You know what animal smugglers have zero impact upon? Apple’s manufacturing; Disney’s revenues from movies, theme parks, and merchandise sales; America’s exports of soybeans, oil, natural gas, microchips, cotton, and corn — $124 billion in U.S. trade revenues. You know what does have an impact on $124 billion in U.S. trade revenues? The Chinese government, which is why a whole lot of America’s business, political, cultural, and social elites don’t want to antagonize the Chinese government.” — Jim Geraghty, National Review

The lab leak theory doesn’t need to be proven for the world’s faith in China to be broken

“Even if the lab-leak hypothesis is false, the evidence is overwhelming that China's government denied the seriousness of the outbreak for weeks, silencing Chinese voices that tried to sound the alarm, before the decision to lock down Wuhan made dissembling impossible. By then, though, the pandemic was already well underway. The culpability of the Chinese government is clear, in other words, regardless of the truth about the pandemic's origins.” — Noah Millman, The Week

这查源头是应该的，这么大的事情不管是人为故意还是意外过失都必须查清楚，给当今和历史有一个交待。但是这事情说起来容易做起来难。

按道理，WHO最有资格和理由出面。但它本身是靠成员国会费过日子，其领导人靠大国的支持与否而存活，所以很容易因为个人利益被操纵。

美国现在国内民主政治状况这么遭，自己家里各种阴谋论层出不穷、甚嚣尘上，那怎么还有信誉领头做这种世界警察的事情呢？再说，即使查出了结果，那又怎么样？中国肯定不会承认任何过错过失的，不管别人有没有证据。抗拒从宽回家过年，你能拿他们怎么办？

怎么说这都是一个棘手的活。而且让美华成为两片面包中的那块肉，身在其中多少会遭受压力的。

Thank you for echoing my sentiment. For that, I'd like elaborate a bit more with the subject.
我前面提到怀疑美国如今当世界警察的资格和能力，因为调查病毒源头不像是干预某一个地区两国的边界冲突，平息内战或者种族屠杀。
2019年底中国对武汉采取封城的速度和力度及随后派遣一名女（专家）少将去武汉控制局面的措施让我感到那病毒不像是水产市场从动物身上传染给人的，而更像有认为因素，不管是故意还是过失，反正中国政府无法承担病毒爆发后面的原因，所以会采取严厉果断的措施。但是我无法求证。
美国政府在一开始不断吹捧习近平，为中国政府说好话。那时情况明确吗？一点也不！如果从一开始严肃认真对待病毒的蔓延，同时要求习近平配合世卫组织调查，那么可能就阻断了中国不少（篡改）机会和退路。相反，从三月份开始，美国总统不向世界提供任何证据的情况下，只是嘴上说"中国病毒"、"武汉病毒"，这种做法非常不严肃，有百害而无一利。面临百年一遇的流行病毒，美国国内将之政治化而不是依赖科学及同世界各国合作，包括中国，我们错过了太多的机会。如果总统要求情治部门三个月拿出能够让人信服的证据及结果，在中国拒绝配合调查的情况下，任何结果都可以是单方面的结论，信者才信，怀疑者很容易怀疑。还不提去年已经有美国军人九月份带病毒到武汉参加比赛，病毒通过冷冻食品进入中国这样的反驳。
另外，如今美国国内暴力事件、枪杀事件此起彼伏，美国人真的这么在意人权、保护生命吗？民众冲击国会，选民怀疑选举（经过多少法官裁定后的）结果，世界其他国家民主会问，美国人真的那么关心事实和真相吗？如果国内道德秩序这么差，我们还有多少底气去追究病毒到底是哪里来的吗?
结论是，今天美国仍然可能充当世界治安警察，但是当道德警察的地位已经相当薄弱，如果还没有完全丧失殆尽的话。

只值两分钱的个人观点，请各位多批评。

好可怕！！

（路透社）美国一项研究发现，爱荷华州的野生鹿群出现大规模新冠肺炎（OVID-19）感染，将近3分之1的检测样本都证实染疫。研究团队指出，野鹿可能成为新冠肺炎的宿主，更担忧病毒会在野鹿等野生动物体内变种，再重新传染给人类。

这项研究由宾州大学、爱荷华州自然资源部门与爱荷华州大学进行。研究人员自去年4月到今年1月以来，收集了被猎人射杀、车辆撞死等野鹿的淋巴结样本。研究发现，其中33％的鹿感染新冠肺炎。去年疫情恶化的时候，鹿群的感染状况也有扩散迹象。据去年研究指出，去年11月23日至今年1月10日期间，97隻鹿的样本中，有83％感染新冠肺炎。研究人员担心病毒会持续在爱荷华州的野生动物中扩散，鹿也有可能成为动物宿主。若是病毒在鹿等新宿主之间传播发生变种，将会成为传染源，也可能将新变种病毒传给人类。研究团队呼吁科学界应尽快找出积极有效的应对方式，更深入了解新冠肺炎病毒是如何在野生动物中进化，同时加强监察野生动物，找出潜在的动物宿主。

UCSF确诊旧金山发现美国首例新变种（Omicron）病人。他22日从非洲南部国家旅行回美，入关后一个星期，29日检测阳性。这个病人已经完全接种了疫苗，如今显示轻微症状。

天一亮，光纽约就发现五例，全美总数达到9人，不过感觉好像大家对这病毒都已经麻木了。 :|

根据这个新变种蔓延的速度和趋势，以后如果再有新的变种，等到发现再实行有选择（公民或者商务/旅游）的限制入境，隔离措施，都是不可能阻绝病毒流传的。看起来不管是从那个方面来说，今后我们只能等待病毒本身发慈悲了。 :-[