Apparently some people still don't get it: Corona viruses existed before SARS-CoV-2!
An old newspaper clipping is said to be proof: Corona viruses existed as early as 1989, so COVID-19 is said to be a big scam.
Here is a screenshot of a Facebook post with the claim:
Thanks to the automatic translation (“1989 Zeitung”, the original article says “Krant uit 1989”), the article is also shared in the German-speaking world.
The claim in the Facebook post is:
“Well, guys, this is where things get really interesting.
Check out this article in the Allgemeine Zeitung from 1989. Do you still believe in this Covid 19 nonsense???? “Deeply sad how we are being deceived right now”
The headline in the newspaper is circled in red and, translated into German, it reads:
“Coronavirus vaccine causes new diseases”
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The newspaper article
This one is real . It appeared in the Agrarisch Dagblad on February 2, 1989, as factcheck.vlaanderen was able to confirm through an inquiry to the Royal Library of the Netherlands.
What is it about?
At least not about COVID-19!
The article is about infectious bronchitis ( IBV ) in chickens, which is caused a
That coronavirus causes respiratory diseases in chickens, causes high mortality and affects egg-laying behavior. By the way, this is a gamma coronavirus , while SARS-CoV-2 is a beta coronavirus .
The title of the newspaper article is also misleading! According to Professor Peter Rottier, veterinary virologist at Utrecht University, the issue was not the emergence of a new disease as a result of vaccination, but the same disease caused by a new variant of the previously circulating virus.
The confusion surrounding “the” coronavirus
SARS CoV-2 has stuck in many people’s minds instead of giving it a clear and simple name. However, this leads to many people equating the concept of family with the new virus.
However, coronaviruses have specifically been known since 1964 , when virologist June Almeida first discovered tiny spikes under an electron microscope. These reminded her of a sun with a corona (Latin for crown), which is why she named the newly discovered viruses “coronavirus”.
Although these viruses had been observed before, they had never been specified until now.
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Conclusion
Every SARS-CoV-2 virus is a coronavirus.
But not every coronavirus is a SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Anyone who still gets this mixed up needs to write it down 100 times and send us a photo of it!
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