Depends what you mean by "origin." Bats have a ton of viruses, but a massive and growing pile of evidence shows the CCP cover-up (and possibly initial negligence and ongoing malicious intent) encouraged the spread of this one. I have no problem with "SARS-CoV-2," except that WHO seems to have given the PRC special deference throughout th…
Depends what you mean by "origin." Bats have a ton of viruses, but a massive and growing pile of evidence shows the CCP cover-up (and possibly initial negligence and ongoing malicious intent) encouraged the spread of this one. I have no problem with "SARS-CoV-2," except that WHO seems to have given the PRC special deference throughout the process.
I prefer Laurie Garrett's interpretation – damning of responses in both US and China, but steering clear of what are, in my view, unsubstantiated claims about China intentionally spreading the virus. Unless you subscribe to such conspiracy theories (I use that term not because they couldn't be true, but because there is no good proof that they are), I'd stick with SARS-CoV-2 as you've used above: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/15/coronavirus-xi-jinping-chinas-incompetence-endangered-the-world/
Depends what you mean by "origin." Bats have a ton of viruses, but a massive and growing pile of evidence shows the CCP cover-up (and possibly initial negligence and ongoing malicious intent) encouraged the spread of this one. I have no problem with "SARS-CoV-2," except that WHO seems to have given the PRC special deference throughout the process.
https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/did-xi-jinping-deliberately-sicken-the-world/
I prefer Laurie Garrett's interpretation – damning of responses in both US and China, but steering clear of what are, in my view, unsubstantiated claims about China intentionally spreading the virus. Unless you subscribe to such conspiracy theories (I use that term not because they couldn't be true, but because there is no good proof that they are), I'd stick with SARS-CoV-2 as you've used above: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/15/coronavirus-xi-jinping-chinas-incompetence-endangered-the-world/