As expected, the latest legislative action by the United States to declassify intelligence on the origin of the new crown has met with strong opposition from the Chinese government. Beijing has again hinted that a U.S. laboratory may be the origin of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the world like never before. At the same time, public opinion that suspects that the new coronavirus may have leaked from a laboratory has increased, and attention has once again focused on research projects related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which was previously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). However, Dr. Shi Zhengli, an expert who tried his best to defend the case, has remained silent and disappeared for more than two years, further raising doubts among academic circles and observers.

U.S. President Joe Biden (Joe Biden) signed the "COVID-19 Origins Act of 2023" unanimously passed by members of Congress on March 20, and said that the administration will declassify and share information about the origin of the new crown virus as much as possible, Including "potential links" to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology.

On the other hand, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (D-Marco Rubio) earlier this month heralded the release of an investigation into the origins of the new crown pandemic.

"This report uncovers and will make public evidence that was not previously known or ignored by the United States government," Rubio said in a statement. He accused the Chinese Communist Party of trying to conceal all relevant information.

In response to the latest US legislative action on the issue of the origin of the new crown, Beijing has reacted fiercely.

On March 21, Wang Wenbin, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, did not mention the Wuhan Drug Institute when answering the Global Times reporter's question at a regular press conference. Therefore, he did not explicitly deny the connection between the Institute and the origin of the new crown, but still pointed the finger at Pointing to the United States, and downplaying the efforts of the international community to trace and pursue responsibility as "scientific research on traceability".

"Currently, the real reason why global scientific research on traceability is hindered is the political manipulation of the United States," Wang Wenbin said. The Chinese side is strongly dissatisfied with and resolutely opposes smearing and attacking China.

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The spokesperson accused the United States of not taking any responsible measures on the issue of origin-tracing so far. It has never invited the WHO to send an expert team to the United States to conduct origin-tracing cooperation, and has never provided any early data. It turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear to the concerns of the Fort Biological Laboratory, the University of North Carolina Biological Laboratory, and military biological bases around the world.

He said: "We once again urge the United States to immediately stop politically manipulating the origin-tracing issue, immediately stop politicizing, instrumentalizing, and weaponizing the origin-tracing issue, respond to the reasonable concerns of the international community as soon as possible, and actively share its early suspected case data with the WHO. Make public the situation of the Fort Detrick biological laboratory, the University of North Carolina biological laboratory and the biological laboratories established around the world, and give an explanation to the people of the world."

The mention-avoiding bat project is linked to a US scientific research institution

Interestingly, just as the CCP authorities and official media were extremely reluctant to admit that Wuhan was the origin of the pandemic, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs who claimed to oppose the hype of the "laboratory leak theory" repeatedly suggested that the biological laboratories in the United States were suspicious. But never mentioned that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had donated research funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology through a non-profit third party, the Eco Health Alliance. The bat coronavirus research project was led by Dr. Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the time was Dr. Anthony Fauci, then White House adviser on the response to the new crown epidemic.

Over the past decade, the National Institutes of Health (NIH ) has provided EcoHealth Alliance with $3.7 million, of which $599,000 was used to fund bat virus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

As early as February 2016, Peter Daszak, head of EcoHealth Alliance, discussed and described Chinese colleagues' work on bat virus function in a forum on emerging infectious diseases and the next pandemic. The case for gain studies. Daszak was part of a WHO investigation team that traveled to Wuhan in 2021 to trace the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic. He has always insisted that "there is zero evidence that this virus came from a Chinese laboratory."

Batwoman: Anxious Fear > High Profile > Silent

International media have widely reported that after the outbreak of Wuhan pneumonia on New Year's Eve in 2020, Shi Zhengli, the person in charge of coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and known as "Batwoman", fell into anxiety and fear, saying that she did not close her eyes for several nights and repeatedly recalled her daily life. A study, every movement, constantly asking herself if the virus escaped from those labs of hers?

However, Shi Zhengli's attitude changed significantly later, becoming full of confidence.

On February 2, 2020, the virus biologist posted in his personal WeChat Moments: "The 2019 novel coronavirus is nature's punishment for uncivilized living habits of human beings. I, Shi Zhengli, pledge my life to cooperate with the experiment. It has nothing to do with the room. I advise those who believe and spread rumors of bad media to shut up your stinky mouth."

Some netizens pointed out that it is not the attitude of a scientist to prove it without evidence and logic, but to guarantee it with life.

In July 2020, Shi Zhengli stated in a written answer to a question from the American "Science" magazine that she "had not (No)" conducted or participated in unpublished coronavirus gain-of-function experiments.

She also said, "So far, all employees and students of our institute have 'zero infection' (zero infection)."

On June 15, 2021, the New York Times quoted Shi Zhengli's email replying to the question and reported that "my laboratory has never done or cooperated with GOF experiments to enhance the toxicity of viruses." On July 22 of the same year, China's National Health Zeng Yixin, deputy director of the committee, told reporters: "Wuhan Institute of Virology has not carried out research on the function of coronavirus gain." This is very different from the research on the gain of function of bat viruses introduced by Dr. Daszak in 2016, which caused more public opinion doubts.

A popular post on the Chinese social platform WeChat signed by "Dai Sha Niu" pointed out that Shi Zhengli angrily asked those who questioned her to "shut up" at first, and then disappeared within three years, as if she had gone to Mars.

The post read: "When Shi Zhengli was interviewed by reporters, she used ideology as a shield for herself, nonsense that this is an American politician attacking China for political purposes, and said that she had never contacted China before December 30, 2019. I don't know what the new coronavirus is. There has never been a new coronavirus in the Wuhan laboratory. In fact, she published a paper on the successful transformation of the new coronavirus in 2018, and even gave a TV speech to show off her "major scientific research results" '."

A Chinese-American scientist engaged in biological research in the United States pointed out to Voice of America that the 58-year-old Shi Zhengli has not heard from her for two or three years, which is very abnormal in the eyes of academic colleagues.

He said: "My classmate is a professor at Johns Hopkins (Johns Hopkins University), and he paid attention to the funding (scientific research funding) that he applied for, that is, the application for virus research in that industry. He found that no matter Whether it is the virus (virus) laboratory in North Carolina or Shi Zhengli’s laboratory, there is no one of their application, which can be found on the domestic Internet, and there is no record of their application. These two laboratories are the same The leader in the line is very famous for doing this often. Now the research on this new crown is prominent in academia, with a lot of funding, and many people are doing this research and related research. Logically speaking , If they have nothing to do with this (virus traceability investigation), it is impossible for them not to participate in the research in the past few years. There are so many people doing research. But you see, Shi Zhengli doesn’t seem to see anything. It seems that she hasn’t heard anything about her. This is a problem. Anyway, that classmate of mine can’t be more difficult for him to solve.”

Mike (pseudonym), a high-tech entrepreneur living in California, told VOA that China's epidemic prevention is highly politicized and does not respect science. At the same time, he believes that Dr. Fauci should know more about the source of the virus that is not known to the public.

Mike said: "You always want a source! Dr. Fauci must give the people an explanation. I believe he has the answer."

During a hearing in the U.S. Congress earlier this month, Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia accused Dr. Fauci and others deliberately "covered up" the origin of the virus because the National Institutes of Health funded the Wuhan Institute of Virology to conduct "gain-of-function" research through the EcoHealth Alliance.