Last year the liberal media savaged Republicans like President Trump and Senator Tom Cotton for saying the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic were a lab in Wuhan, China. Now, there is overwhelming evidence that this was indeed the case, but the fake news industry and democrats hate to admit Trump was right, plus they are beholden to the communist Chinese government. Luckily one of them has come up with a new rule that says blaming COVID-19 on a Chinese lab leak is racist.
Dr. Leana Wen was briefly the president of the country’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. She now spends her time as a CNN analyst and being full of shit (same thing). Here’s her take on the undeniable truth that COVID-19 came from a lap leak in China:
I & other AAPIs are increasingly concerned that speculation over the lab leak theory will increase anti-Asian hate.
As we embark on a full scientific investigation, we must take actions to prevent the next escalation of anti-Asian racism. 🧵@postopinions https://t.co/eBRtpbZ7B3
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) June 1, 2021
Is she f*cking serious? Yes, sadly:
This is not a hypothetical concern. According to @StopAAPIHate, over 6,600 anti-AAPI incidents have been reported since the pandemic started.
Many are related to blaming AAPIs for #covid19. Speculating on culpability could provoke more acts of harm against our community. /2
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) June 1, 2021
Well it is hypothetical, and a bad job at that, because the liberal media only recently accepted the Wuhan lab leak so 6,600 anti-AAPI hate crimes happened when the left said this was a debunked theory. The lab leak theory had nothing to do with previous hate crimes so it’s illogical to suggest it would provoke more hate crimes.
I interviewed @RepJudyChu: “So many are concerned that after a year of AAPIs being blamed for coronavirus, this could further hatred & discrimination… We need to get to the truth & we need to be careful in our messaging so as to not further stoke the flames of xenophobia.” /3
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) June 1, 2021
Dr @AuforGA points to past instances in the US of linking Asian immigrants to “infiltration, infection and contagion.
“Seeing us as the ‘yellow peril,’ blaming Asian communities for smallpox, tuberculosis, & now coronavirus — this is a new chapter in what is an old story.” /4
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) June 1, 2021
So we shouldn’t investigate the origins of COVID-19 because it might hurt the feelings of some Asians? No actually, Wen wants an investigation, just not one that finds the truth:
None of this is to say that a scientific investigation shouldn’t proceed. It should–and we must gather evidence objectively.
No one should jump to conclusions or cherry-pick data to fit a pre-determined conclusion for partisan political aims. /5
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) June 1, 2021
Isn’t that what liberals have been doing since the beginning of the pandemic in an effort to hurt Trump?
Words matter.
If people are speculating about negative actions of the Chinese government, they should say that rather than use blanket terminology to criticize “China” or “the Chinese.”
Questioning government authorities should not be equated with hatred of Chinese people. /6
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) June 1, 2021
The Chinese government no longer rules over China and the Chinese people? Weird.
And please, everyone needs to stop using the language of “China virus.” @WHO urges against naming diseases for geographic origins. This is not about policing speech but about reducing associations that have led to people who look a certain way being beaten and killed. /7
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) June 1, 2021
Sure looks like policing speech if people aren’t allowed to say a virus that came from China is a China virus.
We need the help of the media, politicians, and everyone.
Together, we can assert that while we need to understand the origins of coronavirus, it’s critical to proceed in a way that recognizes the sensitivities and prevents further worsening of anti-Asian racism & hate. /END
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) June 1, 2021
This is beyond stupid and here’s why: There are two prevailing theories as to the origin of COVID-19: 1) it escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China and 2) it entered the human population after some sick f*ck ate a bat from the wet market in Wuhan, China. Either way, China is to blame.
At least with the lab leak, the communist Chinese government is the bad guy. With the wet market bullshit, the Chinese people look like the villains for eating bats and spreading the disease.
