China/UK-Coronavirus/Lancet Interview/Patient Zero
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of China Central Television host Bai Yansong interviewing Richard Charles Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet at newsroom
London, UK - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Charles Horton, editor-in-chief, The Lancet (partially overlaid with shot 3-7):
"I do not believe it's helpful to search for a patient zero. One of the lessons of the AIDS pandemic back in the 1980s was that there was a great effort to search for patient zero, who was responsible for super-spreading HIV infection in the United States. People thought they found patient zero, and that person was named and discussed in the media. But many years later, it was discovered that he was not patient zero at all. So the problem with searching for individuals who are thought to have started the epidemic is that it can be highly stigmatizing and discriminatory, and not very helpful, and certainly not scientific. However we do need to understand the origins of the virus and where it came from. This is a virus that most likely jumped from an animal host into a human population. And that means we need to understand the circulation of the virus amongst animals, and we need to understand how it came to jump from an animal into a human being. And then we need to try to eliminate the circumstances that led to the virus circulating and jumping into human population. So that is the objective now, to understand where the virus came from in its animal population and to make sure that we reduce the risk of that virus jumping into a human population."
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Miami, Florida, USA - April 7-9, 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Ambulance moving
Chicago, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Ambulance moving
New York City, USA - April 3, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of Elmhurst Hospital building
New York, USA - April 2, 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Tents set up for novel coronavirus tests
Miami, Florida, USA - April 7-9, 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of people wearing masks at hospital
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Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Video interview in progress
Searching for patient zero of COVID-19 is not helpful, according to the editor-in-chief of The Lancet, Richard Horton, who said the objective should be on the virus' animal origins instead.
Horton told China Central Television (CCTV) in a recent video interview that searching for a patient zero is effort-consuming, problematic and not very helpful in the end.
"I do not believe it's helpful to search for a patient zero. One of the lessons of the AIDS pandemic back in the 1980s was that there was a great effort to search for patient zero, who was responsible for super-spreading HIV infection in the United States. People thought they found patient zero, and that person was named and discussed in the media. But many years later, it was discovered that he was not patient zero at all. So the problem with searching for individuals who are thought to have started the epidemic is that it can be highly stigmatizing and discriminatory, and not very helpful, and certainly not scientific," said Horton.
Given that the virus most likely jumped from an animal to human, Horton said the focus should be on the virus' animal origin and what circumstances led to the virus being passed to human.
"However we do need to understand the origins of the virus and where it came from. This is a virus that most likely jumped from an animal host into a human population. And that means we need to understand the circulation of the virus amongst animals, and we need to understand how it came to jump from an animal into a human being. And then we need to try to eliminate the circumstances that led to the virus circulating and jumping into human population. So that is the objective now, to understand where the virus came from in its animal population and to make sure that we reduce the risk of that virus jumping into a human population," he said.
China/UK-Coronavirus/Lancet Interview/Patient Zero
Dateline : Recent
Location : Beijing,China United Kingdom United States
Duration : 1'53
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of China Central Television host Bai Yansong interviewing Richard Charles Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet at newsroom
London, UK - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Charles Horton, editor-in-chief, The Lancet (partially overlaid with shot 3-7):
"I do not believe it's helpful to search for a patient zero. One of the lessons of the AIDS pandemic back in the 1980s was that there was a great effort to search for patient zero, who was responsible for super-spreading HIV infection in the United States. People thought they found patient zero, and that person was named and discussed in the media. But many years later, it was discovered that he was not patient zero at all. So the problem with searching for individuals who are thought to have started the epidemic is that it can be highly stigmatizing and discriminatory, and not very helpful, and certainly not scientific. However we do need to understand the origins of the virus and where it came from. This is a virus that most likely jumped from an animal host into a human population. And that means we need to understand the circulation of the virus amongst animals, and we need to understand how it came to jump from an animal into a human being. And then we need to try to eliminate the circumstances that led to the virus circulating and jumping into human population. So that is the objective now, to understand where the virus came from in its animal population and to make sure that we reduce the risk of that virus jumping into a human population."
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
Miami, Florida, USA - April 7-9, 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Ambulance moving
Chicago, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Ambulance moving
New York City, USA - April 3, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of Elmhurst Hospital building
New York, USA - April 2, 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Tents set up for novel coronavirus tests
Miami, Florida, USA - April 7-9, 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of people wearing masks at hospital
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Video interview in progress
Searching for patient zero of COVID-19 is not helpful, according to the editor-in-chief of The Lancet, Richard Horton, who said the objective should be on the virus' animal origins instead.
Horton told China Central Television (CCTV) in a recent video interview that searching for a patient zero is effort-consuming, problematic and not very helpful in the end.
"I do not believe it's helpful to search for a patient zero. One of the lessons of the AIDS pandemic back in the 1980s was that there was a great effort to search for patient zero, who was responsible for super-spreading HIV infection in the United States. People thought they found patient zero, and that person was named and discussed in the media. But many years later, it was discovered that he was not patient zero at all. So the problem with searching for individuals who are thought to have started the epidemic is that it can be highly stigmatizing and discriminatory, and not very helpful, and certainly not scientific," said Horton.
Given that the virus most likely jumped from an animal to human, Horton said the focus should be on the virus' animal origin and what circumstances led to the virus being passed to human.
"However we do need to understand the origins of the virus and where it came from. This is a virus that most likely jumped from an animal host into a human population. And that means we need to understand the circulation of the virus amongst animals, and we need to understand how it came to jump from an animal into a human being. And then we need to try to eliminate the circumstances that led to the virus circulating and jumping into human population. So that is the objective now, to understand where the virus came from in its animal population and to make sure that we reduce the risk of that virus jumping into a human population," he said.
ID : 8141922
Published : 2020-05-02 05:21
Last Modified : 2020-05-02 22:36:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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