Who knows what to believe.
The only thing we can say for sure is that it would be nice if the Chinese cooperated.
Link: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/15/lab-leak-theory-doesnt-hold-up-covid-china/
as legit source? China Matters? Really?
...since their early actions, obstruction, deception may have led to, and certainly contributed to, the deaths of millions of people globally..
The virus originated 9 miles from a virology lab that does GOF research on the SARS virus. It should be considered a possibility...if and until it is eliminated. Full stop.
That does not preclude the search into natural causation.
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Wowza!
-even if you set aside the source of the virus, we know without any doubt that China's reaction after the outbreak was to restrict all travel within their country in and out of Wuhan while purposely leaving open travel to the US and Europe.
That alone is enough to warrant every possible lever being pulled against China right now.
We are now at very high risk of being attacked similarly in the future or blackmailed.
Pallets of cash won't fix this problem.