CCP's recklessness put the world at risk
China neglected biosafety, destructed virus samples collected from the earliest patients, banned the release of critical data, and silenced journalists, doctors and scientists.
Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) poses a huge risk to global health. China resisted international monitoring at WIV and abrogated its promise to allow French scientists to participate in essential research in WIV, which was built with French assistance. WIV was accredited through its agency as its only level 4 facility and then was quickly approved by the National Health Commission to handle some of the world's most dangerous viruses.
WIV was conducted secret bioweapons research with The People's Liberation Army (PLA)
In 2011, China informed the International Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference that its military experts were working on creating synthetic pathogens, genomics laying the foundation for pathogen transformation, population-specific genetic markers, targeted drug-delivery technology, making it easier to spread pathogens.
The world must hold CCP accountable and punish Beijing if it fails to uphold global biosafety standards and fulfil basic transparency requirements.
Source: WSJ #Feb23
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-reckless-labs-put-the-world-at-risk-11614102828
#WuhanVirology #China #PLA #WIV
China neglected biosafety, destructed virus samples collected from the earliest patients, banned the release of critical data, and silenced journalists, doctors and scientists.
Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) poses a huge risk to global health. China resisted international monitoring at WIV and abrogated its promise to allow French scientists to participate in essential research in WIV, which was built with French assistance. WIV was accredited through its agency as its only level 4 facility and then was quickly approved by the National Health Commission to handle some of the world's most dangerous viruses.
WIV was conducted secret bioweapons research with The People's Liberation Army (PLA)
In 2011, China informed the International Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference that its military experts were working on creating synthetic pathogens, genomics laying the foundation for pathogen transformation, population-specific genetic markers, targeted drug-delivery technology, making it easier to spread pathogens.
The world must hold CCP accountable and punish Beijing if it fails to uphold global biosafety standards and fulfil basic transparency requirements.
Source: WSJ #Feb23
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-reckless-labs-put-the-world-at-risk-11614102828
#WuhanVirology #China #PLA #WIV
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Opinion | China’s Reckless Labs Put the World at Risk
Beijing is obsessed with viruses, but not biosafety. We are paying a high price for its lapses.