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14 countries drop bullshi* flag over WHO report on COVID origin
2021-03-31
[Aljazeera] A group of 14 countries has raised concerns over a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) into the origin of the coronavirus, citing delays and a lack of full access to data, while the agency’s own chief called for further investigation into a theory the outbreak was the result of a laboratory leak.

The widely anticipated study on Tuesday was based on an investigation by the agency’s fact-finding mission to the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel virus was first detected.
Posted by:Besoeker

#15  When the cost of the pandemics exceeds the profits to be made in dealing with China.

Profits are monopolized by a few rich and politically connected families. The costs are spread over the many. Nothing will change.
Posted by: Guillibaldo Platypus5892   2021-03-31 19:48  

#14  The Idiot is King in modern American society.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-03-31 17:03  

#13  I imagine China is behind the push to sensationalize the recent black-on-Asian crime, and reframe it as the worstest thing ever.

I suspect a lot of the talking points we hear these days from the mainstream media are actually generated by the Chinese Communist Party.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-03-31 16:28  

#12  remember when Cuomo insisted on referring to the Bat Flu as the 'European Virus' as a way to push back against Trump correctly pointing out that it originated in China?

yea good times.

I imagine China is behind the push to sensationalize the recent black-on-Asian crime, and reframe it as the worstest thing ever.

China knows how the game is played. The Victim is King in American society, so they're trying to mint themselves some bona-fide victim credentials.
Posted by: Blossom Wittlesbach3196   2021-03-31 15:30  

#11  when the chinese came over the korean border in the 50's truman asked mcarthur what he would do. supposedly mcarthur said 'invade china now before it gets the bomb'.
Posted by: irish rage boy   2021-03-31 13:10  

#10  OK, I will propose an answer to my own question - When the cost of the pandemics exceeds the profits to be made in dealing with China.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-03-31 13:02  

#9  How many more pandemics will it take to convince people that the only logical thing to do is cut off all relations with China?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-03-31 12:59  

#8  "The Stand" is the one that comes to mind, with "Andromeda Strain" coming close.

Of course, there are hundreds of zombie apocalypse books with that premise.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-03-31 11:51  

#7  There were all manner of Cold War era books and movies about nuclear war starting accidentally (Failsafe, Dr. Strangelove, Bedford Incident, etc.) but none that I recall about a biowar starting accidentally.
Posted by: Matt   2021-03-31 11:31  

#6  Beijing Bullies German Publisher To Censors Childrens' Book That Said COVID Started In China
Posted by: Clem   2021-03-31 11:16  

#5  Nobody believes China
But nobody wants any trouble with them
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-03-31 10:52  

#4  Everybody knows it escaped from the bsl4 in wuhan
But does everybody know fhina has dozens more labs planned by 2025 as it seeks yo become a “biotech superpower”?
That’s right. These joseph mengeles will be tinkering if we dont stop them
Posted by: Anon1   2021-03-31 09:18  

#3  Later on Tuesday, the 14 countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia and Israel said in a statement that they “fully” supported the WHO’s efforts to bring an end to the pandemic, including understanding how it “started and spread”.
But they added it was “essential that we voice our shared concerns that the international expert study on the source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples”.
Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia and the United Kingdom also co-signed statement.
Posted by: b   2021-03-31 08:27  

#2  
An he was attacked by : A to Z and then some.
All with the Liberal/Socialized Media making sure it was headlines and repeatedly brought up for many months.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-03-31 07:25  

#1  Let me remind Liberal America.

Trump called out the W.H.O. 1st.

"Apr 7, 2020 "The W.H.O. really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We will be giving that a good look," Trump tweeted
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-03-31 07:22  

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