At the height of the pandemic, some clowns spread the rumor that the US Army
athletes brought the virus to WuHan last Oct. Then, astonishingly, a speaker for the
Chinese government tweeted it and asked the US for explanantion. If the Chinese
gov. had evidence, why not present it? If they had not why didn't they shut up? Do
they seriously need a scapegoat at this juncture? Before anything jells with regard
to the true cause of the virus and as the disaster is still unfolding, hasty
finger-pointing only shows how small-minded and insecure a government is. One
cannot fault Mr. Trump's logic, as the Covid-19 appeared on our radar first from
WuHan and China was its most obvious origin, when he fought back and called it
the "Chinese Virus."
Regardless, this put Chinese or even all Asian Americans in an awkward position.
As the recession and layoff come, who would the unemployed blame and where
would they vent their wrath even without the official condemnation from the
President of the United States?
Churchill might have said that when one's under 25 and not a democrat, he has no
heart; but if he's over 40 and he's not republican, he has no brain. I used to
agree. Today, I suddenly realized that I had been born into a different race than
Mr. Churchill. What suited him might not befit me.
One favorite passage came to mind and I felt compelled to paraphrase for the
current war against the virus that the world is engaging.
Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of
Covid-19 may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until
all the wealth piled by the past 50 years of greed and plunder shall be
sunk, and until every cheap piece of Chinese goods enjoyed at the cost of
the earth shall be paid by the suffering at the hands of the microbe, as something
similar was said 3,000 years ago, so still it must be said "the judgements
of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."
