Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health

After the submarines, I think Europeans really needed to have some proof that something was going well [... With world leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly, and with the fallout over the submarine deal still ongoing] there was a need to just lift this irritant. [...] It’s definitely not enough, but it’s a good first step in acknowledging at least that your partners deserve a minimum of respect. One less irritant cannot be a bad thing.

It’s basically impossible to have a proper investigation [into the origins of COVID-19] if one of the main parties doesn’t want to cooperate. We need to proceed as if both hypotheses are true.