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Pompeo pushes China to provide access to Wuhan labs over coronavirus outbreak
Reuters ^ | April 29, 2020 | by Humeyra Pamuk, David Brunnstrom

Posted on 04/29/2020 11:51:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday again pushed China to provide the world access to its virology labs in Wuhan, saying the world needed to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic originated and Beijing had an obligation to be transparent.

“We still haven’t gained access, the world hasn’t gained access to the WIV (Wuhan Institute of Virology) there. We don’t know precisely where this virus originated from,” Pompeo told a news conference at the State Department, and added that U.S. concerns over the safety of Chinese labs persisted.

“There are multiple labs that are continuing to conduct work, we think, on contagious pathogens inside of China today and we don’t know if they are operating at a level of security to prevent this from happening again,” Pompeo said.

“The Chinese Communist Party tells us they want to be our partners. ... There is a continuing obligation on the part of reliable partners to share this information,” he added.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; virus; wuhan

1 posted on 04/29/2020 11:51:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is that the one that Bill Gates uses to make his mystery meat?


2 posted on 04/29/2020 11:53:58 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberaln would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They will let US in soon after they clean up all the violations and burn the dead.


3 posted on 04/29/2020 11:55:21 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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On this crisis the horses left the barn the barn is burned down and there’s almost no point in going into that lab now We all know what this virus is where it came from , how it came to be and who is responsible!!!! This is the CCCP virus 🦠, or the Chinese communist party virus 🦠 or the Chinese communist WUHAN virus 🦠 you pick it IT AINT “ COVID 19”
4 posted on 04/29/2020 12:06:24 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Bell Bouy II

> They will let US in soon after they clean up all the violations and burn the dead. <

And burn the lab. “Gee, Mr. Pompeo, the lab was here just a moment ago. I dint know where it went.”


5 posted on 04/29/2020 12:10:49 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Communism — obligation — transparent — bwahahaha.


6 posted on 04/29/2020 12:16:19 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I am so unused to a US Secretary of State who doesn’t run around the world apologizing for America all the time.

Glad Trump found at least one person to join Team America.


7 posted on 04/29/2020 12:24:10 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
So during this campaign the Rats will obviously claim that there's no reason to blame the Butchers of Beijing for this or to demand that they open their territory to inspectors.That way the President gets to accuse *them* of colluding with the *Red Chinese*.

Brilliant!

8 posted on 04/29/2020 12:41:56 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

1. The virus escaped from the Wuhan lab. The research may have been legitimate research or bio weapons research, we do not know.

2. The damn bats that carried the virus were 800 miles away from Wuhan. These bats were taken to Wuhan for study. They bats were not part of the Wuhan wet market.

3. I very much doubt this was a biological weapon as China did not have the cure. One does not release a weapon unless one is immune to the weapon. I suspect this disease is a result of research with poor controls that then got loose to the world. Sometimes it is best to just leave the bats alone least we release a plague on the world.

4. China shut down Wuhan most logically. They also knew at the same time the virus has infected all of China.

5. China knew they were to take a huge economic hit due to the virus.

6. China decided to let the rest of the world take the same economic hit. Thus as they quarantined Wuhan from China they allowed international flights from Wuhan to all parts of the world. This was biological warfare not by design but by default.

7. China is the first nation on earth to use biological warfare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS WAS AN ACT OF WAR!


9 posted on 04/29/2020 2:57:59 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oil field trash, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, Constitution worth dying for)
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