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Fort Detrick, where the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) is located, is the center of U.S. bio-military activities and notorious for its illegal, non-transparent and unsafe practices. Serious concerns have long been raised by the international community over U.S. activities at Fort Detrick, in particular about USAMRIID, and there are many doubtful points about its connections with COVID-19.
1. Fort Detrick was the center of the U.S. biological weapons program in history and USAMRIID was the main research entity there. Fort Detrick was known as the center of the U.S. government's darkest experiments. It remains the development center for U.S. germ warfare research, even after U.S. renouncement of all offensive biological weapons programs in 1969 and ratification to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1975.
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2. The BSL-4 lab in USAMRIID is the only BSL-4 lab of the U.S. military.
USAMRIID stores almost all known deadly pathogens, such as Ebola, anthrax, smallpox, plague, and coronaviruses including SARS. Several staff in USAMRIID have conducted researches related to SARS, MERS and other coronaviruses. Back in 2003, after the SARS outbreak, USAMRIID worked with Ralph Baric's team from the University of North Carolina (UNC) and developed a novel reverse genetic system for manipulation of a full-length cDNA of the SARS-CoV, and relevant outcomes were published in a paper in 2003. According to the paper, within two months after obtaining the RNA of the SARS virus, the full-length cDNA of the virus was successfully synthesized. This shows that as early as 2003, these institutes already had the advanced capabilities to synthesize and modify SARS-related coronaviruses. In 2007, USAMRIID published a paper on the Journal of Virology about using the Ebola virus to conduct animal testing on rhesus monkeys. The virus strains used in the experiments were obtained through reverse genetics techniques, to specifically remove the furin cleavage site, in order to compare the changes in virulence of the viruses. It is worth noting that the furin cleavage site is believed to be one of the reasons that makes SARS-CoV-2 highly virulent. In 2018, USAMRIID carried out experiments on African green monkeys. The monkeys were experimentally infected with MERS-CoV to help study viral pathogenesis and develop vaccines. After COVID-19 broke out, USAMRIID and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), a research institute affiliated to the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, co-developed the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.
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3. Multiple bio-safety incidents have occurred in USAMRIID.
In 2001, five people were killed in an anthrax attack in the United States, and the suspect was a former employee of USAMRIID. In 2009, U.S. officials found during inspections that multiple pathogens studied in the institute were not listed in the lab database, and suspended some of the lab's research.
In May 2014, Waverley View Investors LLC sued the U.S. Army for loopholes in Fort Detrick's disposal of toxic waste, which caused the levels of trichloroethylene in the area to be 42 times as high as the federal standard. In February 2015, 106 families and individuals from Frederic County of Maryland filed a class action lawsuit against Fort Detrick for harm and death caused by exposure to hazardous materials from Fort Detrick and asked for 750 million US dollars in compensation. However, the U.S. Government and Army have consistently denied wrongdoing.
During U.S. CDC inspections to the USAMRIID lab in June 2019, serious violations were found. The CDC then shut down the lab and halted all researches in July 2019. The CDC reports laid out seven violations:
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a. The USAMRIID systematically failed to ensure implementation of biosafety and containment procedures. Specifically, lab personnel were found to leave a door open while removing large amounts of biohazardous waste, greatly increasing the risk of pathogens escape and environment contamination.
b. An individual partially entered a room multiple times without the required respiratory protection while other people in that room were performing procedures with a non-human primate on a necropsy table, resulted in a respiratory occupational exposure to select agent aerosols.
c. The lab did not ensure that employee training was properly verified when it came to toxins and select agents, making it unable to assess whether lab personnel understood and commanded necessary skills.
d. Lab personnel did not wear gloves when disposing of biohazardous waste.
e. The lab failed to safeguard against unauthorized access to lab waste. Contaminated personal protective equipment were stored in specific area, but such area did not limit access to those with access approval.
f. Lab personnel did not maintain an accurate or current inventory for a toxin.
g. A lab building and its interior facilities did not have a sealed surface to facilitate cleaning and decontamination. Cracks were found around a conduit box, in the ceiling, and in the seam above a biological safety cabinet.
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4. After the lab was shut down, outbreaks of respiratory diseases occurred in nearby communities.
In July 2019, 54 people in Greenspring, Virginia displayed respiratory symptoms including cough and pneumonia. The community is only one hour's drive from Fort Detrick. According to a health official from the State of Virginia, the number of reported respiratory cases in the area went up nearly 50% in the summer of 2019.
In July 2019, a mysterious pneumonia outbreak associated with e-cigarette use was reported in Wisconsin. Symptoms included shortness of breath, fever, cough, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, dizziness, and chest pain. Starting from then, an unprecedented outbreak of lung disease spread across the nation. As of 17 December 2019, more than 2,500 hospitalized cases were reported across 50 states. Experts believe this type of disease might represent one or more new clinical syndromes, and more researches are needed to determine the cause.
The 2019 influenza in the United States might have overlapped with COVID-19. According to U.S. CDC statistics, there were about 39 to 56 million influenza cases between October 2019 and April 2020, resulting in 24,000 to 62,000 deaths. Given the similar symptoms, COVID-19 patients could have been misdiagnosed as influenza patients. To determine whether such cases exist, in particular in and prior to October 2019, a nation-wide retrospective investigation and research should be done in the United States.
5. In March 2020, a petition was filed on the White House petition website, asking the U.S. government to disclose information related to Fort Detrick, especially the reason why the USAMRIID lab was shut down in 2019 and whether it had anything to do with COVID-19. The U.S. government has made no response, and the petition website has been taken offline altogether.
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山东省青岛市的一名官员在一篇迅速被审查的文章中报告说，青岛市单日新增感染新冠病例约50万。而山东省官方公布的新增记录只有31例。中国卫生部周六报告全国单日新增也只有4103例。
据法新社12月24日发自北京的报道，中国青岛一家共产党经营的媒体12月23日周五援引一名该市卫生官员说，青岛市单日记录的新病例"在49万至53万之间"。
拥有千万人口的青岛市的官员Bo Tao（音译鲍涛）表示，青岛"正处于接近高峰前的快速传播期"，“感染率预计在本周末将再上升10%”。
这篇文章被其他几家新闻机构分享后，今天周六上午被审查修改，删除了这些数字。
山东新增31例
中国卫生部今天周六报告全国新感染病例只有4103例，没有新的死亡病例。而青岛所在的山东省，官方只记录了31个新病例。
法新社说，中国政府对该国的媒体进行了严格控制，有大量的网络审查员负责删除被认为是政治敏感的内容。
政府大多数出版物都淡化了感染浪潮的严重性，而是将当局放弃"清零"政策描述为一种合理的、可控的措施。
虽然一些媒体报道了药品短缺和医院紧张的情况，但对实际病例的估计仍然很少。
据江西省政府周五在社交媒体上发信息说，其80%的人口--或约3600万人--将在明年3月前受到感染。并说，在过去两周里，该省主要卫生机构收治了18000多名新冠患者，其中包括近500名重症患者，但没有死亡报告。
前所未有
中国南部制造中心东莞市周五说，对疫情的建模表明该市每天有30万的新感染者，而且增长速度正在加快。
拥有1050万人口的东莞市卫生办说 "许多医疗设施和工作人员面临前所未有的严重的困难和巨大的压力"。 该办还发布了一段视频，显示挂点滴的病人在诊所外排队，或一名连续几天工作到深夜的医生趴在桌子上睡觉。
在海南，该省一位卫生官员周五说，海南将"很快"达到感染的高峰。
据中共党媒《人民日报》报道，在上海，因"发烧"而接受治疗的病有超过4万。
重庆是一个受到爆炸性病例打击的中部大城市，其当局发起了一场使用可吸入疫苗的运动。
法新社记者在这个拥有3200万人口的城市看到：医院里挤满了感染冠状病毒的患者，其中大部分是老年人，还在一些火葬场内看到数十具尸体被丢在那里。
中国新冠疫情: 三周或已感染2.5亿人
据彭博社、《金融时报》等媒体的消息，中国国家卫健委在12月21日的一次会议上估计，本月初至今，全国累计已有约2.48亿人感染。不过，中国官方发布的同期正式数字则只有6.2万人。
疫情爆发造成中国医院不堪重负
根据中国社交媒体上流传的一份"12月21日国家卫健委会议纪要"，卫健委下属的国家疾控局副局长孙阳在会议上通报了估算结果：12月1日至20日，全国累计感染2.48亿人，人群累计感染率已经达到了17.56%；其中，仅12月20日当天，全国就新增了约3700万感染病例。目前，彭博社以及《金融时报》都已经从与会人士处确认了这份会议纪要的真实性。
孙阳在会议上还指出，目前估算累计感染率超过一半的省级行政区包括北京和四川，估算累计感染率在20%到50%间的则有天津、湖北、河南、湖南、安徽、甘肃、河北。孙阳还表示，北京已经越过了疫情高峰期，而四川则仍然出于高峰期，"长三角、珠三角、西北、东北地区的疫情流行进展相对滞后。"
不过，根据中国国家卫健委对外公开发布的正式疫情数字，12月初至今全国累计确诊感染人数仅有6.2万人，严重低于卫健委内部会议上的估算值。需要指出的是，从12月中旬起，中国官方发布的正式疫情数字就不再包括无肺炎症状的阳性感染者。而且各地不再进行大规模核酸检测，许多感染者无法被纳入统计。
卫健委主任：新冠感染者死亡不一定是新冠致死
而且，尽管各大城市的医院、殡仪馆近期都不堪重负，但是官方发布的死亡病例数12月至今只有十余起。国家卫健委本周还对外界表示，目前的死亡数字只统计直接死于新冠病毒引起的呼吸衰竭病例，至于新冠感染造成的原有基础疾病恶化而死亡之患者则不被统计在内。
12月23日，重庆医科大学第二附属医院的输液观察室
国家卫健委的会议纪要并没有估算全国的新冠死亡数字。卫健委主任马晓伟只是笼统地在会上表示："从疫情救治统计数据来看，因感染新冠病毒而导致的重症病例较少，仅占重症病例的1.83%；真正危及患者生命的是基础疾病重症合并新冠病毒阳性，占重症病例的98.17%，这些患者更需要重点关注"，"重症救治形势异常严峻……主要感染人群已经转移到老年人，老年人基础疾病多，重症病患者将快速增长，急诊和住院需求将进一步增加。"
根据会议纪要，马晓伟还在会上说："是新冠肺炎死亡的，实事求是上报；不是新冠肺炎，而是其他疾病导致死亡的，也不能因为核酸阳性，就都报成新冠肺炎死亡。这两类死亡的比例也应当与现在新冠重症和基础病重症的比例相一致。这个人是基础性疾病（比如冠心病史）死亡，同时他是新冠感染者，那他就属于冠心病的死亡，不属于新冠的死亡，不能就往上贴。"
青岛市发布较真实疫情数字
也有一些地方政府公开发布相对真实的疫情数字。12月23日，青岛市卫健委主任薄涛对外界表示，按照监测数据推测，青岛目前每日新增感染量为49万人-53万人，且今后两天会在此基础上以10%增速增加。青岛市常住人口约为1000万，相当于每天新增感染约5%的人口。
流行病学专业出身的薄涛对青岛市民表示："只要大家共同努力，就可以把曲线拉得更平更长，让高峰期进程可控，为岛城医疗物资储备、医疗救治服务等赢得更多时间，从而减轻短期内的医疗资源挤兑现象。"
青岛市的做法，引来了官媒《环球时报》前总编胡锡进的赞扬。他12月24日在微博发文表示，"其他地方到昨天仍在沿用过去的统计方式，或许有其无奈的因由，但那种统计方式既不能反映现实，也严重背离民众的感受，导致对官方公布信息严肃性的侵蚀，损害了公信力，其弊端远大于那样做所能带来的好处。"胡锡进认为，青岛的估算虽然存在偏差，但这种偏差要比老办法带着个位数的"准确"更容易得到人们的信任、理解和包容，对各项工作的指导意义也更强。他希望各地也能及时跟进，重塑疫情数据的格局。
上海呼吁年轻人少聚会
在上海，官方机构"上海市健康促进委员会办公室"以及"上海市健康促进中心"则在12月24日发布提醒，呼吁市民"双休日非必要不外出，给各种聚会按下暂停键，做好自己健康的第一责任人。"这则呼吁的首要对象是年轻人："年轻人双休日晚上少聚会，这两天温度低，在外聚会冷热温差大，再加上人群密集，容易导致传染疾病。"尽管中国并没有庆祝圣诞节的传统，但是在上海等大城市，年轻人依然会借这一节日的机会与亲友开展聚会活动。
另据驻华德国商会的预计，到了明年春天，中国社会就有望从疫情中恢复正常。德国商会华北及东北地区执行董事晏思(Jens Hildebrandt)表示，近期随着中国放宽防疫管控，全国疫情爆炸式增长，许多在华德企正面临人手短缺的困境；同时物流行业的大规模病假也干扰了德企的供应链。"但是许多德企都做好了充足准备，比如事先提高了库存，而且他们也都知道如何应对疫情高峰。因此德企的生产总体正常进行，部分略有放缓。"