{"id":262527,"date":"2021-05-28T02:03:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T23:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-may-28-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-05-28T02:03:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T23:03:01","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-may-28-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-may-28-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 May 28, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Letters to the Editor \u2014 May 28, 2021<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS_WUHAN-VIROLOGY.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Issue: A push from experts for an investigation into whether COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 18 months after the breakout of COVID-19, legislators and scientists are starting to focus on the theory that the virus may have accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (\u201cHHS chief: WHO must look again at origins,\u201d May 26).<\/p>\n<p>American <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> diplomats had worked at the institute in 2018 and, in their reporting, cited deficient safety protocols and a lack of controls at the labs.<\/p>\n<p>For authorities to be pursuing this line of reasoning over a year and a half after the fact indicates either willful blindness or sheer incompetence. <\/p>\n<p><em>Peter Kelly<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hazlet, NJ<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Chinese refuse to give up information as to the origins of COVID-19. Many people seem to think it was possibly an accidental escape from the Wuhan lab. I believe that is an effort to give the Chinese an out. What if the release of the virus was deliberate?<\/p>\n<p>Three scientists got sick at the lab in November of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>I believe it is up to the Chinese to prove it was an accident. If it was deliberate, it was an act of war. Either way, the Chinese government is responsible.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese refusal to cooperate with outside investigations is an admission of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>This is possibly an act of biological warfare, and the world should not allow them to get away with it. <\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Potter<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hesperia, Calif.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the loss of millions of lives worldwide and countless trillions of dollars in economic damage, the Democrats, as if finally awakening from a Rip Van Winkle-like sleep, are now calling for a thorough review to determine if the virus did, in fact, escape from a Wuhan lab.<\/p>\n<p>How many Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> accounts were suspended for \u201cspreading lies,\u201d promoting \u201chate speech\u201d or creating \u201cconspiracy theories\u201d for even insinuating that China was responsible for the pandemic?<\/p>\n<p>It is little consolation to those who have lost family members, businesses and a year of their lives to finally see the Democrats and their team of \u201cexperts\u201d finally have to eat bat.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jack Kaufman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Naples, Fla.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you are not convinced that COVID-19 developed naturally, why would you be convinced that the Chinese Communist Party did not release COVID-19 intentionally?<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 works perfectly for the CCP: The virus allowed the CCP to end protests and arrest opponents (see Hong Kong). COVID-19 provided distracting cover for the CCP\u2019s genocide, oppression, aggression and colonialization.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 let China push ahead of the rest of the world in its economy, military and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>; it worked, the economy of China grew by leaps and bounds during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 vastly weakened the world outside China. Even if you say that the CCP did not release COVID-19 intentionally, the CCP nonetheless weaponized COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><em>Steven Ross<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kew Gardens<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reinforcing the theory that COVID-19 leaked from the lab in Wuhan is the shockingly rapid reaction of China\u2019s state actors to Dr. Li Wenlian\u2019s warning of a potentially dangerous new coronavirus that he posted on Dec. 30, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In early January, he was forced to sign a statement denouncing his warning as an unfounded rumor.<\/p>\n<p>If you think about it, you must conclude that powerful people in the People\u2019s Republic of China were fully aware that there was a major problem with a dangerous new virus in Wuhan \u2014 and the rapid and vigorous attempt to cover up its existence was because they knew full well that the outbreak was the result of a leak at the local laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Regretfully, Dr. Li died from the new illness in January of 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tom Cook<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jacksonville, Fla.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Can there really be much doubt that the COVID-19 epidemic was hatched in a Chinese lab?<\/p>\n<p>Communist regimes like the one in Beijing never admit responsibility for their failures. Honesty is required for that. <\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Koenig<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? Send your thoughts (along with your full name and city of residence) to\u00a0<em>letters@nypost.com<\/em>. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, length, accuracy and style.<\/strong>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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