COVID-19 Origin and Spread Linked to PLA Hospital and Wuhan Metro System Line 2 by Physician-Scientist Dr. Steven Quay
Dr. Steven Quay, M.D., PhD, recently shared insights into COVID-19's origins and spread, linking early cases to the People's Liberation Army Hospital in Wuhan, China, and the city's Metro Line 2. He noted a genetic cluster among four patients with a similar virus version, suggesting rapid global transmission via the subway system. Quay emphasized the importance of understanding these origins for improving treatments. His research continues to explore whether COVID-19's emergence was due to a market or laboratory incident, with potential revelations expected soon.
- Dr. Quay's research may lead to improved treatment strategies for COVID-19.
- Findings on genetic clusters could provide insights into the virus's transmission dynamics.
- No concrete evidence yet to support claims about COVID-19's origins may create uncertainty.
- The potential link to a military hospital can raise questions about biosecurity and accountability.
HOUSTON, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Steven Quay, M.D., PhD., head of two COVID-19 therapeutic programs at Atossa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATOS ), recently shared his latest research and findings regarding the origins of COVID-19 and the manner in which it spread so quickly.
He says that looking at the origins of the virus is crucial in order to fully understand how it infects humans and to develop better treatments. Dr. Quay said that "in investigating that process, I found an unusual pattern in what's called a genetic cluster." He goes on to say that there were four patients with "literally the same virus, or only a tiny number of changes that represent the first version of the virus, SARS-CoV-2, that entered humans.
The four patients were seen at the People's Liberation Army Hospital in Wuhan, China, which is 100 meters from Line 2 of the Wuhan Metro System.
Dr. Quay invites viewers to ponder the following questions: Were the four patients on a military mission together to southern China and caught the virus there? Do they have another relationship? Why were they at the military hospital at that time?
Dr. Quay then took this information and linked the first 100 patients in Wuhan to that same subway line, which carries one million people per day. Line 2 also has a station to the high-speed rail system, connecting all of China in a few hours, and ends at the Wuhan International Airport, with daily flights around the world.
"Every patient in December 2019 went to a hospital near Line Two of the Wuhan Metro. And so I think this remarkable combination of the PLA Hospital as the earliest patient genetic cluster and Line Two of the Wuhan subway as the conduit to anywhere in the world in hours and before symptoms would appear, can go a long way to explain the explosive nature of the pandemic."
"You can literally leave the PLA Hospital, walk down the stairs into the subway system, and reach Houston, London, New York; and never have to go outside again," Dr. Quay noted.
As for whether COVID-19 started in a market or lab, Dr. Quay says he believes we're close to finding out.
"There are a lot of people working on that very question, and I think their answers could be coming out in the next few weeks to months," says Dr. Quay.
Watch the full video segment on Fox 26 Houston here.
About Steven Quay, M.D., PhD, Head of Two COVID-19 Therapeutic Programs ( AT-201 ) and ( AT-301 Nasal Spray )
Dr. Steven Quay has 300+ published contributions to medicine and has been cited over 9,900 times, placing him in the top
He received his M.D. and Ph.D. from The University of Michigan, was a postdoctoral fellow in the Chemistry Department at MIT with Nobel Laureate H. Gobind Khorana, a resident at the Harvard-MGH Hospital, and spent almost a decade on the faculty of Stanford University School of Medicine. A TEDx talk he delivered on breast cancer prevention has been viewed over 220,000 times. For more information, visit www.DrQuay.com
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