On The Origin Of The Home Of COVID-19 - 32

Virus Longevity

Dredd Blog is not the only place that has found it to be scientifically reasonable to at least investigate a potential link between the mass-production-of-animals-for-food industry and SARS-CoV-2:

"It is evident that there are several gaps in the epidemiology of SARS–CoV–2 that need to be elucidated. Therefore, foodborne transmission of SARS–CoV–2 remains to be explored, and several scientists are pointing towards this direction [6–9]. The possible contamination of food by CoV has rarely been identified in field investigations, possibly due to the poor recovery efficiency of existing analytical methods [10]. However, it cannot be ruled out that food might be contaminated by CoV, although it is in debate under which circumstances contaminated food has disease potential."

(SARS–CoV–2 and Food, emphasis added). Those references (6-10) are as follows: 6) Kingsley, D.H. Emerging foodborne and agriculture related viruses. Microbiol. Spectrum 2016, 4; 7) Jalava, K. First respiratory transmitted food borne outbreak? Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 2020, 226, 113490; 8) Heller, L.; Mota, C.R.; Greco, D.B. COVID-19 faecal-oral transmission: Are we asking the right questions? Sci. Tot. Environ. 2020, 729, 138919; 9) Bondad-Reantaso, M.G.; Mackinnon, B.; Bin, H.; Jie, H.; Tang-Nelson, K.; Surachetpong, W.; Alday-Sanz, V.; Salman, M.; Brun, E.; Karunasagar, I.; et al.; 10) Viewpoint: Sars-CoV-2 (the cause of COVID-19 in humans) is not known to infect aquatic food animals nor contaminate their products. Asian Fish. Sci. 2020, 33, 74–78; but cf. SARS-CoV-2 transmission via aquatic food animal species or their products.

Those tasked with determining the extent of the matter offer this:

"One alternative is the routine surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 (or its variants) in all meat and seafood for consumption. This would make a significant contribution to the prevention and control of foodborne transmission of the virus. For example, routine sampling and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 on the imported food arriving in Tianjin, a port city in China, reported the positive testing of SARS-CoV-2 in imported pork in November 2020. Simultaneously, three new COVID-19 cases were traced and confirmed by workers involved in handling these contaminated imported foods. We propose the genetic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in animals destined for the food industry should be included in the routine surveillance of animal farming. This will be of benefit to trace the source, mutation of SARS-CoV-2 and the potential hosts as SARS-CoV-2 vectors in food-providing animals."

(Evidence of Foodborne Transmission of [COVID-19], emphasis added). There is convincing evidence as far as Dredd Blog is concerned (food with virus into mouth, feces with virus out).

Scientific sources indicate that it is not insane to gather relevant information as Dredd Blog has done for several years (On The Origin Of The Home Of COVID-19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31).

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