China’s Role in Covid Origin: A Geopolitical Question That Needs an Answer

Anthony Fauci was back in the hot seat last week. Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) once again sparred with the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) over the origins of Covid-19, while newly released materials — including Fauci’s personal notes and diary entries made public through congressional investigations — provided fresh fuel for accusations surrounding Fauci’s role in directing the country’s response to the pandemic.

I have little interest in the political theater surrounding a renewed Fauci drama. What concerns me is something far more consequential. Covid-19 caused an estimated 28 million excess deaths worldwide, shattered hundreds of millions of lives, and inflicted economic damage measured in the tens of trillions of dollars. Yet more than six years after the pandemic’s onset, remarkably little progress has been made toward discovering the virus’s true origin.

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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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Anthony Fauci was back in the hot seat last week. Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) once again sparred with the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) over the origins of Covid-19, while newly released materials — including Fauci’s personal notes and diary entries made public through congressional investigations — provided fresh fuel for accusations surrounding Fauci’s role in directing the country’s response to the pandemic.

I have little interest in the political theater surrounding a renewed Fauci drama. What concerns me is something far more consequential. Covid-19 caused an estimated 28 million excess deaths worldwide, shattered hundreds of millions of lives, and inflicted economic damage measured in the tens of trillions of dollars. Yet more than six years after the pandemic’s onset, remarkably little progress has been made toward discovering the virus’s true origin.