Trump and the Chinese shadows on the virus born in Italy

AGI – The notes are those of “Georgia on My Mind”, the text is that of the battle of the vaccine and the origin of the virus. A campaign night for the US Senate that takes place between Washington, Beijing and, surprisingly, Rome. Donald Trump returns to speeches. Everything is at stake, control of the Upper House of Congress: a defeat in Georgia could mean its decline, a victory would project it to 2024.

Trump, the Democrats and the origins of the virus

There is no middle ground, I win-lose, so the commitment is maximum and the scene is that of the Maga rally: airport, “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins, Air Force One, blonde hair dryer with lock, coat and red tie, Trump. It never ends. Like the story of the virus, its origin, Xi Jinping’s battle with China, Operation Warp Speed, and the upcoming vaccine (a vain outcome for his re-election, because ultimately it will be the medicine of the Joe Biden administration). ), a great success.

Put a night in Georgia and expect a Trumpian tirade on the importance of keeping control of the Senate and instead… “Have you noticed how Democrats like to say that the coronavirus has come from Italy? “No, it came from China and it shows,” declares “The Donald.” What’s going on? Trump is less improvised than imagined. If you mention something it is because, for better or for worse, you have heard it. Thing? The alternate story about the genesis of the virus. This is where the Italian chapter comes in. A study by the Istituto dei Tumori di Milano published in the “Tumori Journal” indicates the presence of antibodies against the coronavirus in blood samples as early as September 2019, that is, three months before it was discovered in Wuhan, China.

The investigation entitled “Unexpected detection of Sars-CoV-3 antibodies in the pre-pandemic period in Italy”, reports that of 959 blood samples analyzed, 111 reveal the presence of antibodies. And if the response from the scientific community has been cold, with some experts convinced that the antibodies found were generated by other coronaviruses (such as the cold), China could not have presented a better opportunity to say that Covid was born in Italy.

Chinese version

“A new report published by an Italian institution shows that the first wave of the new coronavirus did not originate from China. The virus appeared in the Italian region at the beginning of September 2019 ”, writes Quotidiano del Popolo on November 17. The Global Times, the Chinese-language propaganda arm, joins the dose with an appeal from Zhao Lijian, spokesman for the Dragon Foreign Ministry: “We hope that all relevant countries will adopt a positive attitude and cooperate with the World Organization. Health offer Contributions for global tracking of the origin of the virus.. The Italian study shows how discovering the origin of the virus is a complex scientific question that must be left to scientists, it is a fluid process that can involve several countries.

The Xinhua news agency relaunches the story while the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong notes that research shows that people were infected in Italy before the virus was discovered in China. Italy had already been attacked (China) last March when Giuseppe Remuzzi, director of the Negri Institute in Milan, spoke of an abnormal increase in acute pneumonia since November 2019 evoking the possibility that the virus was already in circulation. China had tried to download the genesis of the virus also in Spain, as well as in the US military suspected of having brought it to Wuhan in October 2019 during the World Military Games.

The electoral battle continues

The virus, the vaccine. The evil, the cure. “The vaccine is on the way, it took 7 months, someone called it a medical miracle. It’s our credit. We don’t have to let it be taken away,” Trump says in Georgia. The battle with China is open, but to win, the commander-in-chief must keep his party alive, not lend his side to seizures of power and dissensions and entrails, which, however, now do not exist. According to the Washington Post, only 25 Republican lawmakers acknowledge Joe Biden’s victory a month after the election, 222 did not take any position. IT IS Trump keeps repeating that the election was rigged and that he can still win, perhaps thanks to the Supreme Court: “We have won Georgia. We have never lost an election and we can still win this election. The fight continues.” His people follow him.

“Stop the cheating,” is the motto of the evening in Valdosta, South Georgia, 15 miles from the Florida border in Lowndes County, which voted for Trump on November 3 and paid in return with a visit. his first rally since Election Day. Against the governor of Georgia, Republican Brian Kemp, Trump shot zero because he ‘refuses’ to annul the result that saw the state turn blue, with the victory of Joe Biden, as it has not happened since the time of Bill Clinton, since 1992.

They are attacks that leave their mark. Since November 3, Kemp’s popularity has dropped to 77% from 86% among Republicans (Morning Consult). There is no dissent to be maintained. Red America is with Trump. When the two Senate candidates from the Big Old Party took the stage in Valdosta, the crowd almost ignored them. It is with Trump that he continued to interact: “We love you.” It is a race in stages, on January 5 the Senate is voted, the Biden administration takes office on January 20. In 15 days, Trump will play the next 4 years. Biden too.