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Statement in support of nothing but create fear, rumours, and Hong Kong, Hong Kong (LP); University of Chicago, prejudice that jeopardise our global Chigaco, IL, USA (BR); The Ohio State University, the scientists, public Columbus, OH, USA (LS); and The University of collaboration in the fight against this Melbourne, Melboune, VIC, Australia (KS) Published Online health professionals, virus. We support the call from the February 18, 2020 1 Gorbalenya AE, Baker SC, Baric RS, et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/ Director-General of WHO to promote Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related and medical S0140-6736(20)30418-9 scientific evidence and unity over coronavirus: the species and its viruses—a statement of the Coronavirus Study Group. For the Chinese translation 14 professionals of China misinformation and conjecture. bioRxiv 2020; published online Feb 11. see Online for appendix We want you, the science and health DOI:2020.02.07.937862 (preprint). combatting COVID-19 2 Zhou P, Yang X-L, Wang X-G, et al. professionals of China, to know that A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new We are public health scientists who we stand with you in your fight against coronavirus of probable bat origin. Nature have closely followed the emergence this virus. 2020; published online Feb 3. DOI:10.1038/ s41586-020-2012-7. of 2019 novel coronavirus disease We invite others to join us in 3 Lu R, Zhao X, Li J, et al. Genomic (COVID-19) and are deeply concerned supporting the scientists, public characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus about its impact on global health and health professionals, and medical origins and receptor binding. Lancet 2020; wellbeing. We have watched as the professionals of Wuhan and across published online Jan 30. https://doi. scientists, public health professionals, China. Stand with our colleagues on org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30251-8. 4 Zhu N, Zhang D, Wang W, et al. A novel and medical professionals of China, the frontline! coronavirus from patients with pneumonia in in particular, have worked diligently We speak in one voice. To add your support for this China, 2019. NEJM 2020; published online To register your support see Jan 24. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa2001017. and effectively to rapidly identify the statement, sign our letter online. LM is editor of http://chng.it/SDpTB9Kf ProMED-mail. We declare no competing interests. 5 Ren L, Wang Y-M, Wu Z-Q, et al. Identification pathogen behind this outbreak, put in of a novel coronavirus causing severe place significant measures to reduce Charles Calisher, Dennis Carroll, pneumonia in humans: a descriptive study. Chin Med J 2020; published online Feb 11. its impact, and share their results Rita Colwell, Ronald B Corley, DOI:10.1097/CM9.0000000000000722. transparently with the global health Peter Daszak, Christian Drosten, 6 Paraskevis D, Kostaki EG, Magiorkinis G, community. This effort has been Luis Enjuanes, Jeremy Farrar, Panayiotakopoulos G, Tsiodras S. Full-genome evolutionary analysis of the novel corona virus remarkable. Hume Field, Josie Golding, (2019-nCoV) rejects the hypothesis of We sign this statement in solidarity Alexander Gorbalenya, Bart Haagmans, emergence as a result of a recent recombination event. Infect Genet Evol 2020; published online with all scientists and health James M Hughes, William B Karesh, Gerald T Keusch, Sai Kit Lam, Jan 29. DOI:10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104212. professionals in China who continue 7 Benvenuto D, Giovanetti M, Ciccozzi A, to save lives and protect global health Juan Lubroth, John S Mackenzie, Spoto S, Angeletti S, Ciccozzi M. 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