{"id":38899,"date":"2020-05-18T11:45:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38899"},"modified":"2020-05-18T11:45:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:45:43","slug":"finding-out-where-it-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38899","title":{"rendered":"Finding Out Where It Began"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed Morrissey posted an article at Hot Air<\/a> today about the search for the origins of the coronavirus. It is not unreasonable to assume that China has not yet told the whole truth about the virus, where it began, and how many people have died in China as a result of the virus.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

If Xi Jinping\u2019s propaganda war and economic threats tried to save China from humiliation, it just backfired on Beijing<\/a>. Health ministers from more than 100 countries have signed onto a call at the United Nations General Assembly for a probe into the origins of COVID, a demand drafted by the European Union. The demand doesn\u2019t name China, but it does name the UN subordinate agency World Health Organization:<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 100 health ministers from around the world are expected to call for an independent evaluation of the World Health Organization\u2019s handling of the coronavirus pandemic during the organization\u2019s 73rd general assembly on Monday. \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Trump has been Beijing\u2019s chief accuser, but he is not the only one to have alleged that Chinese officials covered up the virus during its early stages and exacerbated its spread into a pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The WHO has also faced criticism, with some observers saying the agency was at least far too credulous in believing Beijing\u2019s reassurances, which it then amplified uncritically to the wider world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The WHO\u2019s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has also been under scrutiny after he heaped praise on Beijing\u2019s coronavirus response.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Xi is stalling for time, and transparently so. He wants to push this off as long as possible to (a) let the momentum behind this push abate somewhat, and (b) get more time to cover up what happened in Wuhan. The UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) and the WHO members who have funded China\u2019s mouthpiece had better strike while the iron is hot.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, perhaps this UNGA rebellion against Xi might take the blinders off the American media, who paint attempts to hold China responsible as some sort of dodge for Trump. It turns out that the US media\u2019s\u00a0b\u00eate noire\u00a0<\/em>isn\u2019t the only one pointing the finger at China; in fact, pretty much everyone else but<\/em> the American media is doing so. The only success Xi has actually had with his propaganda war has been in American newspapers and television broadcasts. If having the notoriously anti-American UNGA side with Trump doesn\u2019t wake up the American media to its exploitation from Beijing, nothing will.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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