China Needs to Pay Reparations for Unleashing COVID on the World
‘The State Department said the “initial outbreak could have been contained in China if Beijing had not covered it up”.’
In June 11, the Times of London published an investigative report that left little ambiguity that the COVID-19 pandemic was a direct consequence of the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s “gain of function” experiments, in which viral pathogens were modified in order to amplify the risks associated with infection. These efforts at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were directed by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in connection with potential military applications for such research.
The Times’ reporting makes clear that the U.S. State Department knows that Beijing was aware of the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s lab leak and covered up the nature of the research being conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The department has concluded that the “initial outbreak could have been contained in China if Beijing had not covered it up.” Pointedly, a State Department investigator summarized the department’s conclusions as follows: “It has become increasingly clear that Wuhan Institute of Virology was involved in the creation, promulgation, and cover-up of the COVID-19 pandemic.” (READ MORE: Why China Got Away With It)
In a sane world, a report convincingly revealing the state-directed origins of the pandemic would be the biggest story of not only the week, but the year. COVID-19 impacted every corner of the globe and aspect of our lives, and its repercussions are still being felt.
Instead, in the U.S., the two stories currently commanding the most media attention are President Donald Trump’s indictment for mishandling classified documents and the allegations that President Joe Biden may have taken bribes from hostile foreign powers while he was the sitting vice president of the United States (along with Hunter Biden’s recent wrist-slap from the Department of Justice).
