“It's a stronger strain of the virus in the sense that it's more transmittable, it's a bouncy virus.”

— Priti Patel

Speaking to Sky News and referring to the strain of SARS-Cov-2 which became prevalent in London in December 2020 Sky News Website 22 December 2020 https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-england-set-for-new-year-lockdown-as-coronavirus-variant-spreads-across-uk-12169829

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British politician 1972

Richard H. Ebright (1959) American molecular biologist

Richard H. Ebright (2020) cited in " Experts debunk fringe theory linking China’s coronavirus to weapons research https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/01/29/experts-debunk-fringe-theory-linking-chinas-coronavirus-weapons-research/" on The Washington Post, 31 January 2020.

“…there was no more safety to be found in love than there was to be found in a virus.”

John Irving book The Cider House Rules

Source: The Cider House Rules

“And it is the body's hysterical overreaction to a virus, rather than the virus itself, that makes us ill.”

Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) American writer

The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Three, Brains Changing, Minds Changing

“My big problem with corporate structure is this bizarre sense of loyalty you're supposed to feel -- towards what is basically a virus. It grows or dies, like any virus. And you use it for your own selfish ends.”

Thom Yorke (1968) English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter

source http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10464376/radioheads_thom_yorke_on_going_solo/2
On the record industry.

“The virus is spreading all over the world and nations of the world should have peace to fight with this dangerous virus.”

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (1979) Yemeni official

Original: (ar) و وباء #كورونا يجتاح العالم مهددا للبشريةندعو مجلس الأمن والأمين العام للأمم المتحدة انتونيو غوتيرش @antoniojuterres
لايقاف القوى المعتدية عن عدوانها على الشعب اليمني وفك الحصار عليه
فالوباء ينتشر بكافة أنحاء العالم ويجب أن تنعم شعوب العالم بالسلام وتتمكن من مكافحة الوباء الخطير

On a Twitter post https://twitter.com/Moh_Alhouthi/status/1242028208490414080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw (March 23, 2020). Translated https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/23/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-us-italy-germany-europe-outbreak-cases-meetings-bans-update-latest-news?page=with:block-5e78dedd8f08e46329cb44ff#block-5e78dedd8f08e46329cb44ff by The Guardian.

“No virus is known to do good: it has been well said that a virus is "a piece of bad news wrapped up in protein."”

Peter Medawar (1915–1987) scientist

(with Jean Medawar) Aristotle to Zoos: A Philosophical Dictionary of Biology, 1983, p. 275.
1980s

“[Duesberg] is absolutely correct in saying that no one has proven that AIDS is caused by the AIDS virus. And he is absolutely correct that the virus cultured in the laboratory may not be the cause of AIDS.”

Walter Gilbert (1932) American biochemist

Hippocrates (Sept./Oct. 1988)

“Wuhan Coronavirus has three features: it is an RNA virus that mutates easily, it is more contagious than SARS, and it can spread from an asymptomatic person. This means that even someone who has recovered from the virus can transmit it, making it more difficult to curb its spread.”

Hsieh Shie-liang researcher

Source: Hsieh Shie-liang (2020) cited in " Coronavirus could be unkillable: top Taiwanese researcher https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3869848" on Taiwan News, 3 February 2020.

“We (France) are going to have patients suspected of having the (2019-nCoV) virus, there are going to be (more) cases.”

Yazdan Yazdanpanah (1965) French-Iranian infectiologist

Yazdan Yazdanpanah (2020) cited in: " French carmaker to evacuate expats from virus-hit Chinese city https://www.theborneopost.com/2020/01/26/french-carmaker-to-evacuate-expats-from-virus-hit-chinese-city/" in Borneo Post Online, 26 January 2020.

“I had the best vaccine, it was the virus. No side effects.”

Jair Bolsonaro (1955) Brazilian president elect

As quoted in "Bolsonaro Says the Best Vaccine for Covid-19 Is the Virus, which Has Killed More than 188,000 in The Country" https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/scienceandhealth/2020/12/bolsonaro-says-the-best-vaccine-for-covid-19-is-the-virus-which-has-killed-more-than-188000-in-the-country.shtml, Folha de S.Paulo (23 December 2020)
2020

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