Covid Emergency End: Guard against Lab Leaks

Today, after more than three years of public-health turmoil, President Joe Biden will end the Covid pandemic emergencies as Covid enters the endemic stage.

Other losses aside, more than 1.1 million Americans have died of this pandemic, a higher death toll than total American casualties in World War II. Globally, the number is around 7 million, upward of 20 million including excess deaths (i.e., those that can be plausibly inferred as linked to Covid). To prevent future disasters, we must ascertain the origin of this pandemic. That is also a moral obligation that we, the living, owe to the millions perished.

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Jianli Yang

Jianli Yang is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Center for the National Interest and a columnist for National Review.

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Austin Lin

Austin Lin is a scientist at the State University of New York and consultant to Citizen Power Initiatives for China.

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Today, after more than three years of public-health turmoil, President Joe Biden will end the Covid pandemic emergencies as Covid enters the endemic stage.

Other losses aside, more than 1.1 million Americans have died of this pandemic, a higher death toll than total American casualties in World War II. Globally, the number is around 7 million, upward of 20 million including excess deaths (i.e., those that can be plausibly inferred as linked to Covid). To prevent future disasters, we must ascertain the origin of this pandemic. That is also a moral obligation that we, the living, owe to the millions perished.