Old News. . .

(Old News. . .)

When the covid-19 virus first materialized in the Wuhan area of China, it was originally attributed to the consumption of infected wildlife. A more sensible explanation, and the one adopted in these pages, was that it had been a lab leak. That explanation however was not politically correct and scorned in media. That it was also the explanation that President Trump was using at the time.

The true value of the pandemic would be the removal of Trump from Office but to accuse the Chinese of negligence would dilute the media's anti-Trump message. Heroes in this effort like Dr. Fauci and others had been the ones to promote the infected bat theory because he had a contribution to the gain of function research being carried out at the Wuhan Lab, where the spill happened.

Now, the release of the virus was not necessarily deliberate on the part of the Chinese but to say that the Peoples' Republic has not benefited. The defeat of Trump meant the ascension of Biden who has had his own Chinese relationship and has proven more "manageable" than his predecessor. Taiwan is now more within reach.

The pandemic has had its human toll, both in this country and globally, to the tune of several million. And at this point, its origins are not relevant. The yuan (¥) is beginning to replace the Dollar as the global reserve currency. The alternative could have been keeping Donald Trump in the White House.