That's rich coming from the country that refused to accept WHO test kits and whose president refused to acknowledge the severity and seriousness of the epidemic, pushing bullshit information trying to keep his chances of re-election from dimming.As China has faced criticism, Chinese authorities have pushed back, suggesting that the virus may have originated somewhere else. Dr. Zhong Nanshan, a leading Chinese epidemiologist, said in late February that "though the COVID-19 was first discovered in China, it does not mean that it originated from China."
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"When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected?" [Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs] wrote on Twitter. "What are the names of the hospitals? It might be US Army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! US owe us an explanation!"
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Zhao demanded to know how many of the millions of infections and thousands of deaths during the latest flu season were actually related to COVID-19.
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Zhao stressed the same point in a recent press briefing.
"No conclusion has been reached yet on the origin of the virus," he told reporters, adding that "what we are experiencing now is a global phenomenon with its source still undetermined."
One popular coronavirus conspiracy theory that has emerged in China is that US military athletes participating in the Military World Games in Wuhan last year may have brought the virus into China.
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The Trump administration has laid the blame firmly at China's feet. "Unfortunately, rather than using best practices, this outbreak in Wuhan was covered up," the White House national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, told reporters on Wednesday.
"It probably cost the world community two months to respond," he added.
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...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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