Today's data selection: A new round of ultra-high temperature weather is about to be launched; Omicron Discovered and High Lethal Virus Recombination Seminar | Virus | Weather
Omicron was found to recombine with a virus with a mortality rate of 35%
In the afternoon of June 23, the seminar on "From the research and development of COVID-19 vaccine to the prevention and treatment of new and recurrent infectious diseases" directed by the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology was held in Shanghai. When talking about new infectious diseases in the future, Jiang Shibo, professor of the School of Basic Medicine of Fudan University and director of the Institute of Pathogenic Microorganisms, warned at the seminar that Omikjon might recombine with MERS virus, which has already occurred in AIDS patients in the Middle East.
"If this recombinant virus spreads globally, it would be terrifying because the mortality rate of MERS is as high as 35%, but its transmission is very low, while the mortality rate of Omicron is very low, but its transmission is very strong. There is a possibility of 'strong alliance' between them in recombination."
In view of the possibility of recombination and transmission of the two viruses, Jiang Shibo called on the scientific community to speed up the research and development of the broad-spectrum coronavirus vaccine. Don't think that the COVID-19 has subsided and there is no need to research and develop related vaccines. Zhang Wenhong agreed with this view: "Up to now, the variation of COVID-19 is the gene drift in the RBD region, and there is no viral genome hybridization, which is very lucky. We need to do a good job in the research and monitoring of the viral genome."
A new round of 40 ℃ ultra-high temperature weather will be launched on the 27th
The scorching heat of 40 ℃ in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region has finally stopped at the "three strikes". Comparing the actual temperature conditions at 15:00 on the 25th and 24th, it can be seen that the range and intensity of high temperatures in North China and the Huanghuai region have significantly decreased. Especially in many parts of Shandong, the scorching heat on the 24th is still close to 40 ℃, and it will be less than 30 ℃ on the 25th, which is much cooler.
But the high temperature only briefly converges. Starting from the 27th, another high-pressure ridge will move eastward, and the high temperatures in the north will increase and strengthen again. The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that from June 27th to 30th, there will be ultra-high temperatures above 40 ℃ in Beijing, Tianjin, and southern Hebei, and local temperatures may even reach extreme values. The entire high temperature days in June in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region are expected to break the record for the same period.
The price increase of traditional Chinese medicine is causing frenzy, with a 60% increase in price in one month!
In June of previous years, the herbal medicine market was generally in the off-season, but this year it has been abnormal. The latest comprehensive 200 market price index for traditional Chinese medicine has reached 3570.12, with a monthly increase of over 10%. Among them, the growth rate of Angelica in the past month has reached about 60%, and the market price has exceeded 150 yuan per kilogram. The reporter learned from Minxian County, Gansu Province, one of the main production areas of Angelica sinensis, that "Angelica sinensis has been selling rapidly this year, and the price has also been continuously rising.". The data shows that the latest origin price of Angelica sinensis in Minxian County is 190 yuan/kg, with an increase of over 72% in the past month.
The retail sales of narrow passenger cars in June are expected to increase by 5.2% compared to the previous month by 1.83 million units
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) predicts that the retail sales of narrow passenger cars in June are expected to reach 1.83 million units, an increase of 5.2% compared to the previous month. This is due to the high base of the opening up of multiple cities in the same period last year, with a year-on-year increase of -5.9%; Among them, the retail sales of new energy vehicles were around 670000, an increase of 15.5% month on month and 26.0% year-on-year, with a penetration rate of about 36.6%.
Cliff style contraction! The continuous sharp decline in the growth rate of the US money supply is comparable to the Great Depression era
Public data from the Federal Reserve shows that in April this year, the growth of the US money supply fell to negative again, with the growth rate dropping to the level of the Great Depression for the second consecutive month. The amount of currency decreased by 12% year-on-year, continuing to decline from March's -9.75% and far below April 2022's 6.6%.
The Mises Institute, an independent economic research institute, pointed out that as growth approached or fell below -10% for the second consecutive month, the contraction of the money supply was the most severe since the Great Depression. For at least sixty years prior to this, the decrease in money supply did not exceed 6% in any month.
The Mises Institute points out that in recent months, the growth rate of M2 has followed a similar process to the growth rate of TMS, although the decline rate of TMS is faster than that of M2. The M2 growth rate in April 2023 was -4.6%. This is a decrease from the growth rate of -3.8% in March. The growth rate in April 2023 is also much lower than the 7.8% in April 2022.
