It appears that the emerging SARS Cove 2 virus that causes Covid-19 will continue to surprise us. During the past 24 hours, new data have exploded about the virus, which is related to its potential origin and the way the World Health Organization deals with scientific data related to it.

A former British intelligence chief claimed that the Corona virus leaked from a Chinese laboratory, while a Guardian investigation revealed that the World Health Organization had changed its policies and treatments for Covid-19 disease on the basis of faulty data from a credible analytics company, and among its staff was casual for adult content.

First, let us emphasize that the presentation of these data does not imply their adoption, or the adoption of any conspiracy theory. Nor does what we are proposing mean not listening to WHO guidelines, or reducing the risk of the Coronavirus, which has a global infection of nearly 6.6 million, and a death toll of 390,000, according to WorldMeter.

It is very important to follow the guidelines for social separation, hygiene and instructions from the ministries of health in our countries, in order to protect ourselves and society from the spread of the virus. Any change in these guidelines should be based on the directives of the Ministry in the country in which you live.

accident

We begin with a statement by the former head of the British Intelligence Service (MI6) Sir Richard Dearlove, in which he said he believed that the outbreak of the Corona virus "started as an accident" when the virus leaked from a laboratory in China.

In an interview with the Telegraph, Dearlove added that he had seen a new scientific report indicating that the virus did not appear naturally, but was made by Chinese scientists.

He added that this clear discovery would increase the possibility of China paying compensation for death and the economic disaster that the virus has caused to the world.

Scientists have reached a near consensus that the virus appeared in animals - most likely bats or pangolins - before jumping to humans.

But Sir Richard, 75, referred to a science paper published a few days ago by a British-Norwegian research team that allegedly discovered evidence in the genetic sequence of the virus, indicating that elements had been inserted into it and may not have evolved naturally.

The paper was written by researchers including Professor Angus Dalglish of St. George's Hospital at University of London and the Norwegian virologist Berger Sorensen.

On the other hand, there are doubts about the reliability of this research, for example, one of the authors mentioned - who is the chief scientific adviser to the Norwegian army John Frederick Muxnes - asked to withdraw his name from the research.

The researchers of the Francis Crick Institute and Imperial College London have denied the findings of this research. Scientists who analyzed the emerging corona virus also reported no signs that the genetic sequence had been tampered with or mutilated in any way.

Defective data

Turning to an investigation by the British Guardian newspaper, he said that the World Health Organization and a number of governments have changed their policies and treatments for Covid-19 disease on the basis of defective data from an unknown US health care analyst company called Surgisphere.

The company provided data for multiple studies on the Coronavirus, co-authored by CEO Saban Desai, but it has so far failed to adequately explain its data or methodology.

The data that the company claims to have obtained it legitimately from more than a thousand hospitals worldwide, formed the basis of scientific articles that led to changes in Covid-19 treatment policies in Latin American countries. It was also the reason behind the decision of the World Health Organization and research institutes around the world to stop the tests on the drug "Hydroxychloroquine".

The Lancet and New England, two of the world's leading medical journals, have published studies based on data from SurpriseV, co-authored by Desai himself.

Late on Tuesday, after being contacted by The Guardian, The Lancet medical journal issued an "expression of concern" about her published study. The newspaper "New England" also issued a similar notice.

Doubts

The Guardian investigation found that many employees of the US-based Sergisfer Company have no data on their background, or that they have little or no scientific background. It appears that one of the employees listed as a science editor is a science fiction author, and another employee listed as a Marketing Executive is an adult content model and event host.

The company’s page on the site “LinkedIn” contains less than 100 followers, and last week it added only six employees, and this was changed to three employees as of Wednesday, while Sergisfer claims that it manages one of the largest and fastest hospital databases in the world, However, it has almost no presence on the Internet.

As of last Monday, the connection link on the "SergeServer" site redirects the visitor to the "Word Press" template for the cryptocurrency site, which raises questions about how hospitals can easily contact the company to join its database.

The questions surrounding this company have been increasing in the medical community during the past few weeks.

On May 22, The Journal of The Lancet published a review study that found that the anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, was associated with a higher death rate in Covid-19 patients and an increase in heart problems.

The study, which included Saban Desai as one of the co-authors, claimed that it analyzed the data of the "Sergisfer" company collected from approximately 96,000 patients with Covid-19, and was taken in 671 hospitals - from its database of 1,200 hospitals around the world - and who received "Hydroxychloroquine" alone or in combination with antibiotics.

The negative results occupied the global news and prompted the World Health Organization to stop "hydroxychloroquine" in its global experiments.

But just days later, the Guardian revealed major errors in the Australian data included in the study, which said that researchers had access to the data through the company "Sergisfer" from five hospitals, registering 600 Australian patients with Covid-19 and 73 Australian deaths as of April 21 Last April.

But data from Johns Hopkins University shows that only 67 deaths from Covid-19 were recorded in Australia by the same date, and the number did not rise to 73 as of April 23. Desai said that an Asian hospital was mistakenly included in the Australian data, which led to an overestimate of cases there.

The Guardian contacted five hospitals in Melbourne and two in Sydney, and all of its officials denied any involvement in the alleged database, and said they had not heard of Sergisfer, while Desai had not responded to requests for comment.

Who is retreating

The World Health Organization announced yesterday, Wednesday, the resumption of clinical trials on the drug "hydroxychloroquine" nine days after its suspension following the publication of the study in the journal "The Lancet". However, the magazine distanced itself from the study on Tuesday evening, and acknowledged in an official alert that there were "big questions" in this field, which prompted the health organization to publish its findings at an earlier date.

"We are very confident now that there is no difference in deaths," WHO chief scientist Sumaya Swaminatan told a news conference from WHO headquarters in Geneva.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom confirmed that after analyzing the "available data on deaths", members of the organization's Safety and Follow-up Committee saw "that there is no reason to amend the protocol" of clinical trials.

He added that the executive group of the "Solidarity Experience" representing the participating countries "received this recommendation and approved the continuation of the tests in all their dimensions, including hydroxychloroquine."

Worry

In an open letter published last May 28, dozens of scientists from around the world stressed that the careful analysis of the Lancet study raises "concern related to the methodology adopted and the reliability of the data."

They have drawn up a long list of points that pose problems, from variations in dosages given in some countries to ethical questions about data collection, passing through the refusal to disclose the raw data.

"There are doubts over the reliability of The Lancet study, and it seems that many political decision-makers have relied heavily on this study," said professor Stephen Evans of the London School of Tropical Medicine.

The Lancet study was also subjected to a scathing campaign by the defenders of Hydroxychloroquine, led by French researcher Didier Roulette.

And this expert tweeted yesterday, Wednesday, saying, "The paper palace is collapsing," referring to the warning issued by "The Lancet", while he previously described the study as "a failure."