Shi Zhengli

Shi Zhengli (石正丽; Shí Zhènglì; born 26 May 1964) is a Chinese scientist. She is a virologist and researcher at Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Quotes

 * I say "possibly" (for the COVID-19 to more dangerous to humans than the other coronaviruses) because so far, not only do we not know how dangerous it is, we can't know. Outbreaks of new viral diseases are like the steel balls in a pinball machine: You can slap your flippers at them, rock the machine on its legs and bonk the balls to the jittery rings, but where they end up dropping depends on 11 levels of chance as well as on anything you do. This is true with coronaviruses in particular: They mutate often while they replicate, and can evolve as quickly as a nightmare ghoul.
 * Shi Zhengli (2020) cited in "We Made the Coronavirus Epidemic" on The New York Times, 28 January 2020.


 * Viruses in bats may have mixed and matched genes to create the virus that gave rise to the deadly SARS outbreak in 2003, a new study suggests. And it could happen again. All of the ingredients needed to create a new SARS virus are found among viruses currently infecting horseshoe bats.
 * Shi Zhengli (2020) cited in "Coronavirus: Experts dismiss conspiracies blaming Wuhan Institute of Virology for outbreak" on Newshub, 30 January 2020.


 * The 2019 novel coronavirus is a punishment by nature to humans' unsanitary lifestyle. I promise with my life that the virus has nothing to do with the (Wuhan Institute of Virology) lab.
 * Shi Zhengli (2020) cited in "China denies lab link to coronavirus as questions over origin mount" on The Washington Times, 5 February 2020.