TESTING TIMES

Weaponization of SARS-
CoV-2: Chinese conspiracy
or any other mystery?
Prakhar Prakash Misra
The Chinese paper “The unnatural
origin of SARS and New
Species of Man-made viruses
as Genetic Bioweapons,” anticipating
that third world war would be a
biological war and describing SARS
coronaviruses as a new era of genetic
weapons that could be artificially
manipulated and weaponized
in an unprecedented way, has dismantled
the smokescreen over conspiracy
angle of the pandemic. Contrary
to this, “the global times” has
repudiated the Chinese conspiracy
by quoting Chen Hong, a professor
and director of the Australian studies
centre at the East China Normal
university, who contended that the
book (leaked Chinese paper) has
presented the academic enquiry of
bioterrorism and possible manipulation
of viruses as biological weapons.
By emphasizing that 2002 and
2004 SARS epidemic faced by China
originated from biological weapons
labs abroad, Chinese state media
outlet has contended that there is
only reality that international terrorists
were developing contemporary
genetic weapons to attack China.
But, China’s different actions has
unmasked its conspiracy at all. Infection
of Covid-19was already prevailing
in China in November 2019.
But it has been hidden from global
stakeholders including evenWHO.
After one month, Wuhan Municipal
Health Commission has accepted a
cluster of cases of pneumonia due to
novel corona virus in Wuhan. But,
simultaneously, Chinese authorities
has accused the Wenliang of spreading
rumours, when he tried to caution
all his doctor friends and other
peoples about the catastrophic consequences
of this virus.
Furthermore, when it became explicit
that virus was spreading from
Wuhan to other parts of the Hubei
province, China imposed strict lockdown
on January 23, 2020 to cut off
people’s venturing from Hubei province
to rest of the country. But at the
same time, it had not stopped the
international flights connecting rest
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