I don't quite understand the Australian bipartisan take on an independent inquiry into the origin of the current pandemic, with its big question mark over the role of China.
Doesn't everyone just take it as a given that the Chinese government is not to be entirely trusted in such matters? It's a fantasy to think they would pay reparations for not disclosing details sooner, or trying to cover it up, or whatever they did. And even if there was something really big to be found (escape of a bioweapon, for example, which no one serious seems to believe), the rest of the world is more likely to discover that via espionage or secret sources that would never expose themselves in an independent inquiry.
It just seems pretty pointless to me...
I tend to think it is all about politics.
ReplyDeleteIf you really wanted to find out then you would get scientists to put feelers out to offer help in investigating the source etc.
Almost as mean-spirited as when Hillary said it. In both cases we are talking about guilty people getting away with it. But let your heart not be troubled. The Chinese took the bait but they aren't primarily to blame.
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