Saturday, March 14, 2020

Facts, Science, and Politics

As China Daily remarks:

China reiterated on Friday that the origin of the novel coronavirus can be determined only by scientific and professional views. The remarks were made by Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang at a daily news briefing as comments have been made saying the virus might have been brought to Wuhan, the epicenter, by the United States military. Geng said that working together to combat the disease is the only correct choice for the international community as the virus knows no borders. Geng spoke in response to a statement on COVID-19 at a meeting of the G20 Sherpas, a policy discussion body. Geng said that there are discussions about the virus's origin, adding that around the world, including in the US, there are different views on that.

And we want our aspirins, antibiotics, and anti cancer drugs sourced from here? I have been concerned for a few years now that we have managed to outsource production of critical therapeutics to China but worse almost all our over the counter drugs. Just consider what can be put in those medications...rather not!