(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Editor-in-Chief of "The Lancet": The West uses anti-Chinese sentiment to cover up its failure to fight the epidemic
China News Agency, Beijing, August 6th. Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of the international medical journal "The Lancet", recently published a commentary in the British "Guardian", saying that the fundamental attempt of Western countries to blame the epidemic on China is to rewrite the new crown. The history of the epidemic ignores its failure to respond to the epidemic.
"The current wave of anti-China sentiment has evolved into a disturbing China-phobia, even racism, threatening global peace and security." Horton said in the article that the current geopolitical pressure is highlighted, and a better approach is to strengthen it. Instead of weakening the relationship between people and related institutions, it is particularly important to deepen the understanding of relationships between people in various countries.
Horton emphasized that the COVID-19 pandemic should be a time to show "reconciliation, respect and honesty" among friends, not a time for governments to fight and conflict. People from all countries should be united before the epidemic. He called for medical science to help countries establish new cooperative relations instead of accelerating the formation of a "new cold war" relationship between Western countries and China.
Horton also praised Chinese scientists for their decisive and responsible response to the epidemic to protect people's health. He said: "Chinese scientists not only recommended early measures to close the city, but also implemented strict social distancing regulations to curb the spread of the virus. At the same time, they also assisted in building temporary hospitals to increase the number of beds so that critically ill patients can receive timely treatment."
Horton said that it was Chinese scientists who first reported the threat of the new coronavirus to humans. It was the first Chinese scientist to record a case of human-to-human transmission of the virus. It was the first Chinese scientist to sequence the virus genome. It was also Chinese scientists who called for global expansion of testing. And issued a warning of the severity of the epidemic.
The article said that since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, Western politicians headed by the US government have escalated their attacks on China, creating conditions for the "new cold war." Horton said that this attitude towards China is seriously wrong. "Chinese scientists have made outstanding contributions to the global response to the epidemic, and these anti-China voices seem to be incompatible with reality." (End)