China Seems Upset Over Lab Leak Theory

Because China would never bio-engineer or mess around with a virus, right? Because they’ve never done that before, right?

China official insists COVID lab-leak theory ‘absurd’ in Blinken call

A top Chinese diplomat told Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday that the theory that COVID-19 leaked from a laboratory in the city of Wuhan was an “absurd story,” the country’s state media reported.

Yang Jiechi, the head of Beijing’s Central Foreign Affairs Commission, also told Blinken that the US should approach issues surrounding the island nation of Taiwan “carefully and appropriately,” according to broadcaster CCTV.

Blinken, meanwhile, “stressed the importance of cooperation and transparency regarding the origin of the virus, including the need for WHO Phase 2 expert-led studies in China,” a State Department press release said. (snip)

In addition, the Journal reported earlier this week that a top US government laboratory had reported in May 2020 that the “lab leak” theory was plausible and should be studied further.

“We urge the United States to respect facts and science, refrain from politicizing the issue … and focus on international cooperation in the fight against the pandemic,” Yang said.

The question now becomes “Does the China Joe admin continue to investigate as much as they can to determine where COVID19 originated” or do they just let it go?

Meanwhile

State official believes private vaccine passports could soon be a thing in California

The state of California may not be implementing a vaccine passport, but there may still be and app or other credential for people to prove they are fully vaccinated against coronavirus coming soon.

Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency Dr. Mark Ghaly spoke to Public Policy Institute of California president and CEO Mark Baldassare on Friday about how vaccine passports may still come about and what they might look like.

“We’re also very cognizant that we’ll see apps on our phone, things created so that those who want to have their vaccine verification at their finger tips, they can have it,” Ghaly said.

In other words, it is a passport backed by the state of California but they’ll call it private run.