Important Takeaways:
- Chinese scientists discover EIGHT never-before-seen viruses… and now they plan to experiment with them
- Chinese scientists have discovered never-before-seen viruses lurking on a tropical island — and warned they could infect humans.
- Researchers tasked with preparing the world for future pandemic took almost 700 samples from rodents living in Hainan, just off China’s southern coast.
- Eight novel viruses — including one belonging to the same family as Covid — were uncovered in the project, funded by the Chinese Government.
- Experts said the discovered pathogens had a ‘high probability’ of infecting humans should they ever cross the species barrier.
- As a result, they called for further experiments on the viruses to determine exactly what their effects on humans could be.
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