ISBN : 9789811259081
Author : Wickramasinghe Nalin Chandra
Publisher : World Scientific
Year : 2022
Language : English
Type : E-book
Description : This curated collection of scientific papers on the origin and global spread of COVID-19 is a unique project that offers explanations at odds with mainstream views as the theme mainly focuses on Panspermia (viruses, microorganisms and their spores, and cometary arrival of even more complex cellular organisms). No other scientific group has paid attention to the temporal unfolding scientific order at the many required levels of understanding — astrobiological and astrophysical, geographical and the temporal order of global proportions, yet regional epidemics, the immunologic dimensions to the infection and epidemic data, the genetics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as it adapted, varied and appeared in different human populations in the crucial first few months of the pandemic. This in-depth analysis, over a two-year period, allows a better understanding of what engulfed the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, how it happened and the most plausible way. There are many lessons for future generations that can be distilled from the contributions found in this book. Sample Chapter(s) Preface — On the Fragility of Empires and Paradigms Contents: Preface — On the Fragility of Empires and Paradigms (N Chandra Wickramasinghe et al.)< Introduction Prelude to COVID-19: Cause of Cambrian Explosion — Terrestrial or Cosmic? (Edward J Steele et al.) Lamarck and Panspermia — on the Efficient Spread of Living Systems Throughout the Cosmos (Edward J Steele et al.) Early Months: Origin Through to April–May 2020: Comments on the Origin and Spread of the 2019 Coronavirus (N Chandra Wickramasinghe et al.) Growing Evidence against Global Infection-Driven by Person-to-Person Transfer of COVID-19 (N Chandra Wickramasinghe et al.) Origin of New Emergent Coronavirus and Candida Fungal Diseases — Terrestrial or Cosmic? (Edward J Steele et al.) Predicting the Future Trajectory of COVID-19 (N Chandra Wickramasinghe et al.) Intercontinental Spread of COVID-19 on Global Wind Systems (N Chandra Wickramasinghe et al.) Strikes on Ships at Sea and Related Remote Regions: Mid-Ocean Outbreaks of COVID-19 with Tell-Tale Signs of Aerial Incidence (George A Howard et al.) Seasonality of Respiratory Viruses including SARS-CoV-2 (N Chandra Wickramasinghe et al.) The Adaptive Genetics of the Virus in First Half 2020: Analysis of APOBEC and ADAR Deaminase-Driven Riboswitch Haplotypes in COVID-19 RNA Strain Variants and the Implications for Vaccine Design (Edward J Steele and Robyn A Lindley) Implications of Haplotype Switching for the Origin and Global Spread of COVID-19 (Edward J Steele et al.) Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Haplotypes and Genomic Sequences during 2020 in Victoria, Australia, in the Context of Putative Deficits in Innate Immune Deaminase Anti-Viral Responses (Robyn A Lindley and Edward J Steele) The Second Year and Role of Human Passaged Plumes in Viral Spread and Vaccine Efficacy: Cometary Origin of COVID-19 (Edward J Steele et al.) COVID-19 Sudden Outbreak of Mystery Case Transmissions in Victoria, Australia, May–June 2021: Strong Evidence of Tropospheric Transport of Human Passaged Infective Virions from the Indian Epidemic (Edward J Steele et al.) An End of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sight? (Edward J Steele et al.) Nature of Acquired Immune Responses, Epitope Specificity and Resultant Protection from SARS-CoV-2 (Reginald M Gorczynski et al.) The End of the Pandemic and Emergence Spread Omicron: Exploding Five COVID-19 Myths on Its Origin, Global Spread and Immunity (Edward J Steele et al.) Overview SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic as January–February 2022: Likely Cometary Origin, Global Spread, Prospects for Future Vaccine Efficacy (Edward J Steele et al.) Coronavirus Evolutionary Footprint on Human Genome: Footprints of Past Pandemics in the Human Genome (N Chandra Wickramasinghe et al.) Public Heath Lessons: What Public Health Lessons have We Learnt to Handle the Next Inevitable Pandemic? (Edward J Steele et al.) Appendix — Following the Science for COVID-19: Societal Constraints and Limitations (N Chandra Wickramasinghe et al.) Readership: Interested readers in astrobiology and virology.