Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says there’s “enormous evidence” that the coronavirus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, while agreeing with the intelligence community’s determination that the disease is “not manmade or genetically modified.”
Speaking with ABC‘s “This Week” Sunday, Pompeo said
“Martha, there’s enormous evidence that that’s where this began. We have said from the beginning, this virus originated in Wuhan, China. We took a lot of grief for that from the outset. But I think the whole world can see now. Remember, China has a history of infecting the world and they have a history of running sub-standard laboratories. These aren’t the first times that we have had the world exposed to viruses as a result of failures from a Chinese lab.
Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the state-owned Global Times responded to Pompeo’s comments, challenging him to present the “enormous evidence” that COVID-19 originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology “to the world.”
This is basically the Chinese Communist Party’s position at this point, being filtered thru their own state run Global Times.
The Global Times has been one of several state-run agencies propagating disinformation related to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic through targeted Facebook ads.
Don’t just say there’s enormous evidence, Pompeo should present them to the world. Republican government is putting on a show. By demanding to investigate Wuhan lab, they are trying to create continuous controversy and focus, to fool the American public. pic.twitter.com/YJcKaLqsg9
— Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) May 3, 2020
