The Flawed Logic in China’s Recent Statement Blaming the US for COVID Outbreak

The Flawed Logic in China’s Recent Statement Blaming the US for COVID Outbreak
A laboratory technician works on samples to be tested for COVID-19 at the Fire Eye laboratory, a COVID-19 testing facility, in Wuhan, China, on Aug. 5, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Xiaoxu Sean Lin
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On April 30, China issued an official statement claiming that “substantial evidence“ suggests that the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be in the United States. The statement accused the Trump administration of attempting to ”shift the blame” by asserting that the virus leaked from the Wuhan lab.
Xiaoxu Sean Lin
Xiaoxu Sean Lin
Ph.D.
Xiaoxu Sean Lin is an assistant professor in the Biomedical Science Department at Feitian College in Middletown, New York. He is also a frequent analyst and commentator for Epoch Media Group, VOA, and RFA. He is a veteran who served as a U.S. Army microbiologist and also a member of Committee on the Present Danger: China.
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