OPINION:
Communist China has a history of experimenting with contagious viruses. In 2013 scientists at the Harbin China Veterinary Research Institute produced a new virus by combining the HSN1 bird flu with a 2009 H1N1 flu virus, and the resultant virus was highly contagious among humans. In 2019 the COVID-19 virus most likely came from the Chinese Virology Laboratory in Wuhan, China, which was experimenting with COVID-19 bats.
U.S. scientists and intelligence officials said COVID-19 was not man-made or engineered in a laboratory, but they are investigating the COVID-19 source to be bats infecting workers at the Wuhan laboratory, who then transmitted the virus to the public.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused over 350,000 deaths worldwide, with an estimated adverse economic impact of $3 trillion to $5 trillion. Communist China should pay reparations to the world for the economic damage it has caused. The value on human life is difficult to quantify, but Communist China should have to compensate relatives of deceased people.
We must punish Communist China to ensure that countries with research laboratories have strong safety and security procedures to prevent viral infestations. China covered up the outbreak and hoarded protective equipment. We must bring back manufacturing to the United States.
DONALD MOSKOWITZ
Londonderry, N.H.
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