Ten Q&As on Origin Studying of the COVID-19 (10)

Q: Recently, many media outlets and experts from several countries have voiced their criticisms against the politicization of origins tracing and said there should be a probe into the United States and its biological laboratory at Fort Detrick. Over 13 million Chinese netizens have signed an open letter calling on the WHO to investigate the Fort Detrick lab. What's your comment on that?

A: These are voices of reason. They have fully demonstrated that origins tracing is a scientific matter which should not be politicized.

On the issue of origin-tracing, some people in the United States may indeed have a guilty conscience. In June, Vanity Fair revealed an internal warning from the US government against an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus that could open a can of worms. In fact, the US has the largest number of confirmed cases; the timeline of early cases in the US has been constantly dialed forward. However, the US has remained silent on the serious concerns raised by the international community about Fort Detrick lab and its more than 200 biological laboratories overseas.

The US side must understand that the international community, including China, has every reason to raise questions about Fort Detrick which has a poor track record and is notorious for breaches in lab and contaminant leak, and to demand clarification and explanation from the US side and call on the WHO to conduct a thorough investigation into it. This is necessary not only for tracing the origin of COVID-19 but also for the safety of people in all countries. The questioning will not end until the US side gives a reasonable explanation.