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...coronavirus in civets. Meanwhile, other scientists murmured that Yi's data was based on too narrow a range of samples drawn from just one market. Perhaps those civets, some argued, had been infected by humans in that market, rather than the other way around. For Yi, a hot-tempered, chain-smoking workaholic, this was an unbearable impugning not just of his research but also his genuine desire to apply his science to public health. Even more worrying was the Chinese government's decision in August lifting the ban on sales of civets. By September, the markets were again crawling with...
...similar virus. Dr. Rob Breiman, an epidemiologist from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who is leading the WHO team currently tracing the origins of last year's epidemic in Guangdong, observes, "Everyone certainly thinks this is meaningful. But where is the civet cat in the chain? Are they getting it from another animal? Are civet cats infecting rodents as well as humans? We just don't know exactly where civet cats fit in." But he concedes, "From a political and public-health standpoint, it was a reasonable step in response to the re-emergence of SARS this...
...neck way out there on this one." Yi, as usual, is dismissive of any doubts. Back in Hong Kong, he explains how the virus found in other rodents such as badgers is genetically less similar to the strains found in humans, before vowing that culling civets "will break the chain of infection...
...blueliner also promised a new look for his power play unit today, the next in a chain of different formations the Crimson has tried thus far ranging from last year’s umbrella to a 2-3 and then back to the umbrella...
...took the wounding of an Israeli, and the son of a local Labor Party politician at that, to touch a nerve among the Israeli public. Even right-wing newspapers ran editorials condemning the shooting. Parliamentarians called an emergency debate and the army instituted two separate inquiries. "The whole chain of command should go to jail," says Avshalom Vilan, a leftist lawmaker and friend of the Naamati family. "We need a trial so people will understand this is a thing that the state can't accept." Naamati knew the rules of engagement: his three years of military service ended just...