Missouri’s Lawsuit Against China Over COVID-19 ‘Opens the Door for Other States to Follow:’ Expert

‘China should pay the money,’ a political science professor says.

Laboratory technicians wearing personal protective equipment working on samples to be tested for COVID-19 at the Fire Eye laboratory, a COVID-19 testing facility, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei Province, on Aug. 4, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images

The lawsuit against China over its role in the COVID-19 pandemic brought by Missouri’s attorney general opened the floodgates for other states to join in, according to political expert Mark Thomas.

U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh ruled on March 7 that Missouri prevailed in its lawsuit, ordering China to pay nearly $24.5 billion in damages for covering up the pandemic and hoarding personal protective equipment.