Was “avoiding anti-Chinese sentiment” really a motivation? The official explanation is that some Chinese person ate like a barbecued bat or got bit by a pangolin or something. I don’t see how a lab leak would make people any more racist or hateful towards the Chinese than the official explanation did.
I suppose that it probably was a motivation even though it did not make much rational sense to me. I just wonder if that concern was more of a matter of political identity rather than a considered response.
Was “avoiding anti-Chinese sentiment” really a motivation? The official explanation is that some Chinese person ate like a barbecued bat or got bit by a pangolin or something. I don’t see how a lab leak would make people any more racist or hateful towards the Chinese than the official explanation did.
I suppose that it probably was a motivation even though it did not make much rational sense to me. I just wonder if that concern was more of a matter of political identity rather than a considered response.