China. Virus Started In Us.

[malagabob]

China states the covid virus started in US. The American biological lab at Fort Detrick is blamed by China as the source of covid. The lab was closed in late 2018 due to safety concerns.

[aelmpvw]

makes you wonder why the pandemic started in China then doesn't it?

[ichkeria]

Recent link to this news story?

[Sunk]

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.html

[archibaldy]

If that's true then why are China not handing over data about the early cases?

"Chinese authorities refused to provide World Health Organization investigators with raw, personalized data on early Covid-19 cases that could help them determine how and when the coronavirus first began to spread in China, according to WHO investigators who described heated exchanges over the lack of detail."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-refuses-to-give-who-raw-data-on-early-covid-19-cases-11613150580

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/14/who-investigator-claims-china-refused-to-hand-over-key-covid-information

[david small]

I don’t believe them. Or, they would say that wouldn’t they!

[piggynose]

So the septics are squeeky clean? Theres no way they could be responsible for this outbreak? Could have fooled me.

[bobbinwales]

very interesting link sunk , well worth reading, but is it the one you meant to post as it certainly does NOT say it started in the US

[ichkeria]

Last year the Chinese were putting this about at the height of the mutual war of words with Trump.
There is no recent article I can see that suggests they are repeating it.
Since, the WHO have been to Wuhan where they ruled out the realistic possibility of a lab leak. But I don’t think there is any serious question that it started in China.

[piggynose]

Apologies to our american abers for referring to them as septics. Across the pond would be more apt.

[Peter Pedant]

No it didnt
we know it didnt
the first cases were around the food market in Wuhan and not anywhere in the land for the free

the world healf organisation has been so wonky on this that they are referred to as Wuhan Health Organisation

Gatherer was the first to repoint out that if you immunised anyone with anything a small proportion wd raise low levels of covid antibody which were not protective
That is what screwed antibody testing a year ago ( a covid antibody may have been raised by something else - or not. Mystic Meg stuff)

Trump was ridiculed long and loud for referring to it as the chinese virus as it respects no one and no boundaries

[Peter Pedant]

// Apologies to our american abers for referring to them as septics.//
no it should be
Apologies to our american abers for showing appalling ignorance and prejudice over Covid, of Trump like proportions ( = big that is!)

[fcc]

^^ ^^
you're not talking about his hands again are you?

[Mozz71]

PP- the word you're looking for is "bigly".

Let's be honest, the Chinese are talking out of their backsides aren't they?

[andy-hughes]

I fail to see why the Chinese government cannot share any and all data they have about the virus - surely as far as that is concerned, it's not an issue to play politics and cultural finger-wagging is it.

[ichkeria]

The thing is: China is NOT stating anything of the sort, unless the OP has some info he’s not sharing

[Zacs-Master]

The Chinese economy was (is?) absolutely flying pre pandemic. Why would they release a virus which would virtually shut the worlds economy down?

[douglas9401]

To give us time to break/wear out whatever garbage was bought in previous years, ZM.

You don't understand marketing do you? The resupply boats are on their way.

[tomus42]

The virus started in a place we don't like and that is nothing to do with us. Everyone agrees on that.

[LadyCG]

The realistic possibility of a Lab leak was NOT ruled out.

This virus started in China and it did not come out of a bloody wet market !!

Now the filthy little cretins are trying to blame the US.

[ichkeria]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-china-55996728

It’s time someone posted a relevant link :-)

There is no serious suggestion the virus originated anywhere other than China.