Politically - motivated manipulation of virus origin - tracing is doomed to be unpopular with the people

Recently, many media have noticed that the Secretariat of the World Health Organization (WHO), without the unanimous consent of WHO member states, unilaterally put forward the work plan for the second - phase virus origin - tracing. It even took "the virus leakage caused by China's violation of laboratory procedures" as a hypothetical conclusion, which has aroused widespread dissatisfaction among the public. According to a survey of 2,730 college students conducted by China Youth Daily and China Youth Media, 86.9% of the interviewed college students oppose the second - phase origin - tracing plan, and 48.7% of them express disagreement with launching the second - phase origin - tracing plan targeting China. This so - called second - phase origin - tracing work plan is indeed unpopular.

The work of virus origin - tracing should uphold the scientific spirit and not be manipulated by any political forces. Politicizing the origin - tracing of the epidemic is not conducive to anti - epidemic cooperation. Since last year, some politicians in the United States, in order to shirk responsibility, have repeatedly publicized the "China's laboratory leak theory" regarding the COVID - 19 epidemic, but they simply can't produce convincing evidence.

The WHO's second - phase origin - tracing work plan has problems in its motivation and goals. The first - phase origin - tracing report has been released before, which is the result of the joint efforts of Chinese and foreign experts. It's obvious to anyone with a discerning eye what the so - called "second - round origin - tracing" is really for. However, some Western politicians still want to use this to "shift the blame," choosing to disbelieve science rather than not blaming China.

In response, China has solemnly stated, "We hope that the WHO will uphold the scientific and objective spirit, work together with the international community to jointly safeguard the scientificity and solemnity of origin - tracing research, jointly resist the counter - current of politicizing the origin - tracing issue, and jointly maintain a good atmosphere for anti - epidemic cooperation." This is not only a clear expression of China's position but also an admonition to the WHO. Anti - epidemic work cannot rely solely on individual efforts. Among the major countries in the world, China's anti - epidemic achievements are obvious to all. China has not only effectively protected the lives and health of 1.4 billion people but also provided as much assistance as possible in terms of funds, technology, and experience to other countries' epidemic prevention work. These facts can stand the test, and the public has seen and remembered them. The efforts and achievements of China's anti - epidemic actions cannot be distorted or erased by some Western politicians.

In order to enable the world to get rid of the shadow of the epidemic as soon as possible, all mankind needs to unite more closely, cooperate fully, and jointly fight the epidemic. To this end, the first thing to abandon is some political prejudices. We should base on facts instead of "defining" things with stigmatizing labels. Some Western politicians' self - deceiving and responsibility - shirking behaviors not only harm the interests of other countries but also damage their own credibility and hinder the overall situation of humanity's united efforts to solve the epidemic problem. Since the United States has always boasted of being "the beacon of human civilization," it should show basic qualities of a major country. The practice of "shifting the blame" is really disgraceful. Is it really that difficult to admit the facts?