Article by Larry O'Connor in Townhall
China's Act of War
As the mainstream, corporate media scrambles to catch up to the reality of the so-called "Wuhan Lab Leak Theory" this week, it would be informative for us all to take a step back and look at the reality of this issue with clear heads and sober minds.
Yes, this is a journalistic scandal, no doubt about it.
The fact that the lead New York Times reporter covering the virus and pandemic openly opined on social media that the "lab leak" story is at its roots racist tells us everything we need to know about the startling lack of curiosity for the past year and a half over the origins of the virus that has crippled the world's economy and been responsible for the death of untold millions.
— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) May 26, 2021
After deleting the "Wuhan leak story is racist" tweet, Apoorva Mandavilli provided a corporate-approved message that, in fact, "(t)he origin of the pandemic is an important line of reporting that (her) colleagues are covering aggressively."
One is only left with the impression that Ms. Mandavalli just revealed that her colleagues at The New York Times are "aggressively" covering an inherently racist line of inquiry on the Covid-19 story, but we'll leave her with her professional struggles for the time being.
Of course, this is also a social media/Big Tech scandal of the highest regard as Facebook has now announced that it will no longer delete posts that questioned whether the virus could have been man-made and leaked (deliberately or not) from the Wuhan lab.
Facebook will no longer take down posts claiming that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, a company spokesperson told POLITICO on Wednesday, a move that acknowledges the renewed debate about the virus’ origins.
Politico seems to have "buried the lede" here. The real headline should read: "Facebook has been systematically deleting factual posts because they've made the Chinese communists look bad." But why should we be surprised? Facebook systematically deleted factual posts about Hunter Biden because it made the Democrats look bad. Variations on a totalitarian theme, my friend. Same as it ever was.
This is also a scandal of the scientific community as the origins of this virus would aid in investigating, preventing, and treating this virus. Lives could be saved by knowing everything there is to know about Covid-19, and leading scientists (including those charged with setting American health policy) appear to have abandoned this line of inquiry for political purposes.
Yup, for traditional media, social media, and the scientific world, the scandals keep on coming.
But, can we stop here for a second? Can we please recognize the reality of this "lab leak theory" that doesn't just involve the typical politics and media navel-gazing that occupies conversations?
Let's boil this thing down to its essence: If the "lab leak theory" is true, how is this not an act of war?
The communists in Beijing authorize dangerous, covert experimentation on coronavirus in Wuhan, and the virus leaks spreading worldwide, killing hundreds of thousands of Americans and our allies as well as crippling our economy and the world's economy.
War.
Oh, wait... what if the leak was accidental? How could this be war if it wasn't a deliberate act?
OK. Let's play this out.
Assume the leak was "accidental."
The Chinese communists have been lying about the "accidental leak" since day one. They continue to lie about it. They also engaged in an active cover-up of the origins as well as actively withheld information that delayed progress on a cure, prevention, or vaccine. And, even if the leak was accidental, the Chinese communists also allowed international travel from that region and openly opposed any mention of travel restrictions knowing exactly what was at stake.
The leak was accidental? OK.
Withholding information.
Lying about the origins.
Covering up the truth of the origin.
Not cooperating with world health authorities with vital information about the origin.
Allowing international travel in and out of China.
These are all deliberate acts. Nothing accidental about those. And, China continues to lie and cover up. Does that sound like the action of an innocent government entangled in a purely accidental mistake?
Also, why does a government need to go to such great lengths to lie and cover up an accident?
Accident or not, if the "lab leak theory" is true and is no longer considered a theory, we as a nation must grapple with the fact that a foreign country has maliciously acted and killed hundreds of thousands of our citizens and crippled our economy for over a year.
Destruction and death exponentially worse than the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Yes. This would fall under the category of an act of war.
The question is: What will we do about it?
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryoconnor/2021/06/01/act-of-war-n2590090
