China Accuses U.S. of COVID-19 Origins in Escalating War of Words

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China Accuses U.S. of COVID-19 Origins in Escalating War of Words

 

China has publicly accused the United States of being the original source of the COVID-19 pandemic, doubling down on its rejection of the lab leak theory and casting doubt on Western narratives. The accusation came just as the U.S. government renewed its claims that the coronavirus likely leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China — a theory Beijing continues to strongly reject.

 

On Wednesday, the Chinese government released a white paper in which it asserted that “substantial evidence” points to the possibility that COVID-19 was circulating in the United States before the virus ever emerged in China. In the report, Chinese officials claimed the U.S. has attempted to “shift the blame and divert people’s attention by shamelessly politicizing SARS-CoV-2 origins tracing” rather than taking responsibility for its own early missteps in responding to the crisis.

 

The timing of China’s report appears to be a direct response to updates on a White House webpage earlier this month that reiterated the Biden administration’s support for the lab leak theory. The page now includes language stating that “a lab-related incident involving gain-of-function research is the most likely the origin of COVID-19.” The U.S. report also criticized existing oversight mechanisms for such research, describing them as “incomplete, severely convoluted, and lack[ing] global applicability.”

 

 

The CIA, which had previously been unable to determine the origin of the virus, updated its assessment in January to suggest that a lab-based origin was more likely than a natural one. However, the agency added a crucial caveat: it had “low confidence” in its conclusion and acknowledged that both a lab origin and a natural spillover from animals remain plausible. This cautious stance is echoed by other U.S. federal bodies such as the FBI and a congressional panel, which have also lent credibility to the lab leak theory.

 

China, meanwhile, continues to stand by earlier investigations it conducted in partnership with the World Health Organization. In their joint study, experts concluded that it was “extremely unlikely” that the virus had originated from a laboratory. The report instead supported the theory that COVID-19 was most likely transmitted from bats to humans via an intermediary animal.

 

China’s white paper not only challenges the lab leak hypothesis but also criticizes the U.S. for its handling of the pandemic. “It has severely undermined joint international efforts in the fight against the pandemic and become a weak link in global public health governance,” the report charged. Beijing also accused Washington of ignoring “numerous questions over its conduct” and failing to adequately respond to the virus in its early stages.

 

While China faces ongoing criticism for allegedly covering up the severity of the outbreak during its initial phase, it has now flipped the script, suggesting that the U.S. not only botched its own pandemic response but may also bear responsibility for the virus’s origin. “The US cannot continue to turn a deaf ear to the numerous questions over its conduct,” Chinese officials stated.

 

As both countries continue to exchange allegations, the true origin of COVID-19 remains one of the most politically charged and unresolved questions of the global health crisis.

 

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[GanDoonToonPet]

I worked in Mainland China until recently and was surprised that even the most westernised Chinese people still believed that the virus originated in a lab in Dallas, Texas, USA.

 

You can only imagine the level of racism we experienced over there during that period 😟

[Woke to Sounds]

31 minutes ago, Social Media said:

China, meanwhile, continues to stand by earlier investigations it conducted in partnership with the World Health Organization. In their joint study, experts concluded that it was “extremely unlikely” that the virus had originated from a laboratory.

 

🤣

 

(so pay no mind to the gain of function research then...    got it)

[Mike_Hunt]

The Chinese have one thing in common with Democrats.   They are both excellent at propaganda. 

[nauseus]

It might not have originated in a lab but it certainly looked to have originated in China. Still no apology, only blame-shifting and denial.

[Tug]

It’s a moot point in the long run.if it was done intentionally it was the biggest failure in history because it effected everyone therefore I personally don’t think it was intentional it was accidental or an act of nature it’s now history.

[nauseus]

2 minutes ago, Tug said:

It’s a moot point in the long run.if it was done intentionally it was the biggest failure in history because it effected everyone therefore I personally don’t think it was intentional it was accidental or an act of nature it’s now history.

 

Try that line on the families of the deceased and all those still trying to live with the long--term effects of both virus and vaccines.

[FlorC]

China Accuses U.S. of COVID-19 Origins in Escalating War of Words

 

China is right but they should know what is going on in their labs.

China shouldn't have allowed the gain of function there.

So they are partly to blame too.

[candide]

9 hours ago, GanDoonToonPet said:

I worked in Mainland China until recently and was surprised that even the most westernised Chinese people still believed that the virus originated in a lab in Dallas, Texas, USA.

 

You can only imagine the level of racism we experienced over there during that period 😟

They believe the propaganda served to them, just like MAGAs do. The difference is that the Chinese don't have much alternative.

 

And those westernised Chinese people may well be party members

[newbee2022]

9 hours ago, GanDoonToonPet said:

I worked in Mainland China until recently and was surprised that even the most westernised Chinese people still believed that the virus originated in a lab in Dallas, Texas, USA.

 

You can only imagine the level of racism we experienced over there during that period 😟

And where is racism then? They just do not believe America anymore.

Understandable 

[Kinnock]

The communist party could never admit to such a global catastrophic event originating in China, even though it's obvious that's where it started.

 

Personally I subscribe to the lab leak theory rather than the market .... I've worked in public health for years, and while novel viral infections can start from contact with wildlife, there's usually some local immunity within the community as the wildlife contact is not a single event.  The origin is also going to be in the rural areas where the initial contact takes place.

 

Starting in a major city, and zero immunity, even amongst market workers .... most likely created in a city center lab.

 

And just imagine the effort by the Chinese government to disguise the true origin .... we'll never know for certain.

[Purdey]

China has got one thing wrong. America would never, ever, fingers crossed, not have labs that experimented on dangerous viruses and bacteria. That's for devilish foreigners only.

Yeah, well maybe in 2015 it was discovered that hundreds of lab mistakes, safety violations and near-miss incidents occurred in biological laboratories coast to coast . https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/28/biolabs-pathogens-location-incidents/26587505/

But so what? The Good Guys^TM never do bad guy stuff.

It really doesn't matter that the U.S. ended the ban on experimenting with deadly viruses in 2017. That must have been a misunderstanding, saying gain of function (GOF) research with viruses like influenza, MERS, and SARS could help us "identify, understand, and develop strategies and effective countermeasures against rapidly evolving pathogens that pose a threat to public health". https://www.sciencealert.com/the-us-just-ended-ban-engineering-deadly-viruses-in-lab-pathogens-function

The Good Guys^TH are completely innocent.

S. Atire

[metisdead]

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[JulesMad]

China is much more trustworthy than america these days; america is totally unreliable and their president is lying about EVERYTHING!
Truth be told, he is a consistent Liar as he is ALWAYS lying!!!

[ignore it]

The projection/denial scheme started when the name was changed from "Wuhan flu" to covid.

 

 

[KhunLA]

Certainly wouldn't surprise me if true, though kind of irrelevant.  One financing the 'weaponizing of the virus'.   ... IMHO ... Stop calling it gain of function.  The other actually doing it.  Weaponizing then realizing it into the population, whether CN or the USA.  

 

A simply act of mass murder, and who profited from it .. hmm  Nuff said there, and usually the perpetraters of most crimes.

 

Also wouldn't surprise me if most of the US Congress, if not all, and president had no idea it was being done.  One can hope anyway.

 

The really sad part is, most of the world fell for the BS, hook line & sinker.  Now many will be facing endless future health problems ... IMHO   

 

Well, those dumb enough to cower & comply and let them inject unapproved, untested ( IMHO ), experimental chemicals into themselves 

 

You really can't fix stupid.

[connda]

All countries engaging in gain-of-function, or in other words, taking otherwise innocuous viruses and attempting to make them lethal, are all collectively responsible.  Every last one of them.  Because eventually it will get out whether by accident or design.  There should be a global ban on gain-of-function.

[NoDisplayName]

14 hours ago, Social Media said:

The accusation came just as the U.S. government renewed its claims that the coronavirus likely leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China

 

No surprise the "renewed" claims coincide with Trump's maximum pressure campaign.

 

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.

January 26, 2025

https://apnews.com/article/covid-cia-trump-china-pandemic-lab-leak-9ab7e84c626fed68ca13c8d2e453dde1

 

And just what is this "low confidence" in regards to intelligence reporting?

 

Low confidence generally means questionable or implausible information was used, the information is too fragmented or poorly corroborated to make solid analytic inferences, or significant concerns or problems with sources existed.

 

In other words.............fake news.

 

Here's another example from the CIA:

 

"Tenet reassured the president that "it's a slam dunk case" that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction."

 

 

[candide]

44 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Certainly wouldn't surprise me if true, though kind of irrelevant.  One financing the 'weaponizing of the virus'.   ... IMHO ... Stop calling it gain of function.  The other actually doing it.  Weaponizing then realizing it into the population, whether CN or the USA.  

 

A simply act of mass murder, and who profited from it .. hmm  Nuff said there, and usually the perpetraters of most crimes.

 

Also wouldn't surprise me if most of the US Congress, if not all, and president had no idea it was being done.  One can hope anyway.

 

The really sad part is, most of the world fell for the BS, hook line & sinker.  Now many will be facing endless future health problems ... IMHO   

 

Well, those dumb enough to cower & comply and let them inject unapproved, untested ( IMHO ), experimental chemicals into themselves 

 

You really can't fix stupid.

Complete B.S.!

The ADN signatures of viruses used in the EcoHealth program show they could not have been progenitors of SARS-CoV-2.

Actually, no known virus has been identified as a possible progenitor of SARS-CoV-2.

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, candide said:

Complete B.S.!

The ADN signatures of viruses used in the EcoHealth program show they could not have been progenitors of SARS-CoV-2.

Actually, no known virus has been identified as a possible progenitor of SARS-CoV-2.

[candide]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Genetically related does not mean that the first is the progenitor of the second. More like cousin (a common ancestor at some time).

 

Are you really unaware that no progenitor of Sars Covid 2 has been ever found and that it's a major issue. Or are you just playing dumb?

Ex.

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03426-22

 

But feel free to link a study identifying the progenitor of Sars Covid 2. In case I had missed an update!! 

 

[spidermike007]

4 hours ago, JulesMad said:

China is much more trustworthy than america these days; america is totally unreliable and their president is lying about EVERYTHING!
Truth be told, he is a consistent Liar as he is ALWAYS lying!!!

Trump and his current policies are a wet dream for China. He is making them look like the heroes and they will end up gaining far more influence out of this ridiculous trade war, than the US. 

 

We don't know exactly where the virus originated but we do know that Dr. Fauci was a military scientist for decades, and was very highly involved with the Wuhan lab. 

[lordgrinz]

That dog won't hunt