The Trump administration's accusations that China is behind the coronavirus pandemic are reckless, dangerous, and could push the world to conflict | JeffDSachs for cnnopinion
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author; view more opinion articles on CNN.
The big lie of the Trump administration is that China is the cause of America's problems. The meme has worked for a while, since it plays into American smugness that if China is succeeding, they must be cheating. Trump and his right-wing allies upped this game recently by claiming the Covid-19 pandemic was the result of an accidental release from a Chinese laboratory and that China's"cover up" blocked an effective global response. According to CNN, the still-secret findings of the Five Eyes intelligence agencies pour cold water on this claim. So too does Trump's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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