China News Agency, Beijing, July 2 (Reporter Li Jingze) In response to Zepp Larosh, chairman of the Schiller Institute, a US think tank, he said that virus traceability should be carried out on a global scale and should not only focus on China. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin On the 2nd, we pointed out that we hope that all parties will respect facts and science, and create a good environment for global cooperation and unity to fight the epidemic.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Wenbin.Photo by Xue Wei
A reporter asked a question. Zepp LaRoush, chairman of the American think tank Schiller Institute, recently stated that the malicious slander of the so-called “China-made new crown virus” is a consistent method of the West to suppress China. The traceability of the virus should be carried out simultaneously on a global scale. Only focus on China. What is China’s comment?
Wang Wenbin said that China has repeatedly emphasized that virus traceability is a scientific issue and should not be politicized. Many scientists in the international community who uphold scientific, rational, and objective positions support this. In addition to the Ms. LaRouch you mentioned, many other experts also made a clear statement:
Dwyer, a member of the World Health Organization Joint Expert Group and an Australian immunologist and epidemiologist, said that there is no evidence for the virus leaking from the laboratory. Support, there are deliberate factors in its spread. The traceability work is very complicated. There is no evidence that China is concealing key information. Countries should abandon fighting, cooperate with each other, and carry out traceability research in other parts of the world.
The Swedish Research Council recently held a seminar on how to identify misinformation and conspiracy theories related to the new crown virus. Professor Jonaifs from Uppsala University said at the meeting that the so-called “Chinese virus”, “new crown virus comes from the laboratory” and other statements are all It’s a conspiracy theory. Some people spread such conspiracy theories to establish a narrative logic that holds China accountable for the source and spread of the virus. Related practices distort scientific knowledge, encourage racist discrimination, exacerbate world division, and threaten democracy on multiple levels.
Anderson, an Australian virologist who worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, said that the laboratory of Wuhan Institute of Virology is an ordinary laboratory. It works in the same way as any other high-protection laboratory. It has strict regulations and requirements for the control and control of pathogens. The new coronavirus is most likely to originate in nature, rather than artificial creation or deliberate leakage. It is necessary to trace the source of the new crown virus, but the smearing of the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the attacks on scientists by the media outside of China is shocking.
Massimo Galli, director of the infectious disease department of the Sacco Hospital in Milan, Italy, recently stated in the Italian House of Representatives Committee on Social Affairs that the new crown virus “is an unknown virus with no signs of genetic engineering inside.” From a scientific point of view, the “laboratory leak theory” has no basis at all. Both Gali and three other Italian experts believe that “there is a 99% certainty that the spread of the virus is a natural phenomenon.”
“We hope that all parties will respect facts and science, and jointly oppose the use of traceability issues to smear and attack other countries, and seek political manipulation of one person, one party, and one country for the private benefit of one person, one party, and one country, so as to create a good environment for global cooperation to trace the source and unite in the fight against the epidemic.” Wang Wenbin pointed out. . (Finish)Return to Sohu to see more
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