News flash:
Three British and Indian astrobiologists have put forward a novel theory after conducting research: they believe that the SARS virus, which has caused a huge stir worldwide, came from outer space.
These three scientists are Wickramasinghe of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Wainwright of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Sheffield University, and Narlikar of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Pune, India.
Lianhe Zaobao, citing foreign wire reports, said that in a letter to be published this Saturday in the British medical journal The Lancet, they said this claim is based on an experiment carried out in January 2001, in which they used a sterilized balloon on a tether to collect samples from the stratosphere.
They said: “The balloon captured a large number of living microorganisms at an altitude of 41,000 meters.”
These three astrobiologists said that, on a global scale, this means one ton of bacteria falls to Earth from space every day.
They believe the number of microorganisms is so great that some of them may survive, and a few may even become bacteria or viruses dangerous to humans.
Many examples of plagues and epidemics attributed to microorganisms from space
The letter said: “Many examples of plagues and epidemics recorded in detail in medical history can be attributed to microorganisms from outer space.” It said: “There are records of new epidemics appearing suddenly and disappearing suddenly.” The letter also said that the great influenza epidemic of 1918-1919, which took tens of millions of lives, may have been an instance of disease falling from the sky.
What interests epidemiologists is that there was no such thing as jet travel back then, so why did this pathogen spread so rapidly and penetrate remote rural areas, and why did it suddenly disappear again?
In the case of SARS, the letter's “surface” argument is that a small number of SARS viruses entered the stratosphere above the eastern Himalayas, where the atmosphere is thinnest, and then fell over southern China.
“SARS will continue to exist over a longer period”
This openly published letter also mentioned that mankind should take every reasonable measure to stop the spread of this disease. It said that over a longer period, SARS will continue to exist, and new cases will appear almost anywhere on Earth, until the disease-carrying agents in the stratosphere are exhausted.
Many astrobiologists believe that life on Earth is not a sealed pot of evolution, but a biosphere influenced by things from outer space.
A theory called “panspermia” holds that life on Earth was brought by bacteria hitching a ride on asteroids or comets that struck the Earth, or by constituent chemicals. This idea at first seemed absurd and ridiculous, but the scientific community now takes it seriously, though the concept of “disease falling from the sky” is still not popular.
The mainstream medical theory regarding the SARS virus is that it is an animal virus that crossed the species barrier through mutation. It may have been transmitted from livestock to humans last year.
Three British and Indian astrobiologists have put forward a novel theory after conducting research: they believe that the SARS virus, which has caused a huge stir worldwide, came from outer space.
These three scientists are Wickramasinghe of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Wainwright of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Sheffield University, and Narlikar of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Pune, India.
Lianhe Zaobao, citing foreign wire reports, said that in a letter to be published this Saturday in the British medical journal The Lancet, they said this claim is based on an experiment carried out in January 2001, in which they used a sterilized balloon on a tether to collect samples from the stratosphere.
They said: “The balloon captured a large number of living microorganisms at an altitude of 41,000 meters.”
These three astrobiologists said that, on a global scale, this means one ton of bacteria falls to Earth from space every day.
They believe the number of microorganisms is so great that some of them may survive, and a few may even become bacteria or viruses dangerous to humans.
Many examples of plagues and epidemics attributed to microorganisms from space
The letter said: “Many examples of plagues and epidemics recorded in detail in medical history can be attributed to microorganisms from outer space.” It said: “There are records of new epidemics appearing suddenly and disappearing suddenly.” The letter also said that the great influenza epidemic of 1918-1919, which took tens of millions of lives, may have been an instance of disease falling from the sky.
What interests epidemiologists is that there was no such thing as jet travel back then, so why did this pathogen spread so rapidly and penetrate remote rural areas, and why did it suddenly disappear again?
In the case of SARS, the letter's “surface” argument is that a small number of SARS viruses entered the stratosphere above the eastern Himalayas, where the atmosphere is thinnest, and then fell over southern China.
“SARS will continue to exist over a longer period”
This openly published letter also mentioned that mankind should take every reasonable measure to stop the spread of this disease. It said that over a longer period, SARS will continue to exist, and new cases will appear almost anywhere on Earth, until the disease-carrying agents in the stratosphere are exhausted.
Many astrobiologists believe that life on Earth is not a sealed pot of evolution, but a biosphere influenced by things from outer space.
A theory called “panspermia” holds that life on Earth was brought by bacteria hitching a ride on asteroids or comets that struck the Earth, or by constituent chemicals. This idea at first seemed absurd and ridiculous, but the scientific community now takes it seriously, though the concept of “disease falling from the sky” is still not popular.
The mainstream medical theory regarding the SARS virus is that it is an animal virus that crossed the species barrier through mutation. It may have been transmitted from livestock to humans last year.
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