Facts, No Fabrications
China well understands the grim and severe challenges the U.S. is facing due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. We share the worries and woes and extend our deep sympathies, and are providing support and assistance to the world, the U.S. included for sure, to the best of our ability, despite China’s own high demand for medical supplies at home as millions are returning to work, and concerns over imported cases and a COVID-19 resurgence persist.
By the same token, China does not want the world’s general public to be misled by groundless accusations and stigmatization against China. Reason and civility need to be maintained at this critical juncture. We believe it’s a fight of the whole world against the virus, not an infight among global villagers, least a bitter rift for selfish political calculations and gains. The global combat against COVID-19 should be a united battle and should have nothing to do with the social system or geopolitics. To point the finger at others helps little in one’s own country’s virus containment. Sometimes, the only effects it generates are hatred and confrontation.
First report ≠ origin
Though COVID-19 was first reported in China, it does not mean that it originated in China. Ignorance needs to be overcome with science and prejudice with cooperation. The purpose of finding the virus source is to enable humans to defeat the virus and to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Any attempt to put a label on the coronavirus is to despise science and common sense.
Till now, even the scientific world has not been able to conclude where the virus came from. Someone has used invidious and inaccurate terms and acridly called the novel coronavirus the “China virus.” The first reported AIDS case in the U.S. dates back to 1981. Does anyone label it as “America
