Reacting to my column on Saturday, August 7, various sources swamp my desk with information on a worldwide call for investigation of Fort Detrick in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. The agitation necessarily began with Chinese citizens petitioning the World Health Organization (WHO) to look into allegations that the origin of the coronavirus could be the US military camp in Maryland.
It was normal in any case, the Chinese reaction. Because of impulsive media accounts, largely explained by the hardline anti-Chinese stance taken by US President Donald Trump during the US presidential campaign, the initial reported outbreak of the killer pathogen in Wuhan placed China as the culprit for the pandemic. Credible accounts, however, have zeroed in on Fort Detrick as the real origin.
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