Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo
The World health Organization and Chinese experts held a press conference in Wuhan on Tuesday, Feb. 9, announcing that after a preliminary investigation in Wuhan, it was “highly unlikely” that the virus came from a virus laboratory in the city’s center. In response, former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he did not believe the WHO officials acted in the best interests of the Chinese Communist government and that the claims were not credible.
Pompeo told Fox News on Tuesday that the WHO’s claim that “the virus did not come from a laboratory” failed to convince him. “I wish they could have seen all the data, all the scientific manipulation in the (Wuhan) lab, talked to the doctors, interviewed them privately, where they could have been truthful about what was going on.”
“Without being supervised by communists sitting in the back of the room, to make sure they go the communist route. I look forward to seeing the results of them. I continue to get information that there is ample evidence that the lab was likely the original source”, he said.
On Tuesday, Liang Wannian, head of the Chinese side of the joint WHO expert mission, announced that there was no evidence that the outbreak in Wuhan began spreading before December. WHO virologist Ann Barek said that after the field visit, the organization did not believe that the hypothesis that the Wuhan virus lab leak caused the outbreak should be investigated further. The panel concluded that it was “highly unlikely” that the virus came from the Wuhan virus lab.
At the outset of the outbreak, the Communist government covered up the virus, silencing journalists and doctors who tried to sound the alarm and claiming the outbreak originated in the United States. On Feb. 7, U.S. Ambassador Cui Tiankai again directed public opinion related to the WHO investigation to the United States, saying that the WHO investigation was already underway in Wuhan and “could the same investigation be done in the United States?”
The Voice of America reported that the Chinese side was adamantly opposed to the WHO entering China to conduct an investigation in order to avoid responsibility, and later had no choice but to accept the WHO’s request only after strong demands from Australia and other countries, but the Chinese (Communist) government has always emphasized that this WHO operation is not an “investigation” but a “cooperation” between the two sides.
In response to the WHO statement, Pompeo denounced it, saying, “This has been politicized. It is taking a knee from General Secretary Xi Jinping of China. I hope that’s not what they announce today” and “I must say the reason we left the WHO is because we began to believe it was corrupt.”
“I hope that’s not what they announce today. I look forward to seeing their report and their analysis, but I don’t think that’s the case when they get the access they need. I know they didn’t get the access they needed in a timely manner,” Pompeo said.
Pompeo also cautioned now-President Joe Biden in the interview that he should remain vigilant about the Chinese Communist threat.
“We don’t have to worry about how President Xi Jinping feels,” he said, “and we should be concerned about protecting the American people …… We have to face the challenges that the Chinese Communist Party presents to the United States and the world. “
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