'Shock after shock': A visit to China's secret biolab in California
There was blood and other bodily fluids in Gatorade bottles labeled in Mandarin, samples of at least 20 potentially infectious agents including malaria, dengue fever, and COVID-19 — and a pungent odor from what turned out to be nearly 1,000 mice.
It’s because the article is withholding information* to “guide” the viewer towards conspiratorial explanations. Especially with lines like this:
What China’s lab was targeting with so many dangerous pathogens remains a mystery
Meanwhile, elsewhere, this was already answered:
apnews.com/…/california-biolab-covid19-test-kits-…
The Chinese owner of an unauthorized central California lab that fueled conspiracy theories about China and biological weapons has been arrested on charges of not obtaining the proper permits to manufacture tests for COVID-19, pregnancy and HIV, and mislabeling some of the kits.
Also note, the OP article is not originally from AOL. AOL is quoting another article from a “Scripps News”, practically in its entirety without any additional journalism on their part. If they had done any journalism, they would have found the AP article I linked with more info or the DoJ article on the charges that were brought up.
Edit:
This story broke in July 25, 2023:
midvalleytimes.com/…/investigation-on-reedley-bui…
investigators discovered that one room of the warehouse was used to produce COVID-19 and pregnancy tests
* Note, the words “test” or “tests” do not appear anywhere in the OP article.
The Chinese owner of an unauthorized California lab that fueled conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and bio-weapons was arrested on charges of manufacturing and distributing misbranded medical tests and making false statements. Federal prosecutors say 62-year-old Jia Bei Zhu was arrested Thursday after an investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The investigation stemmed from the discovery of medical test kits being manufactured in a warehouse in the Central Valley city of Reedley last December. A city code enforcement officer found dozens of refrigerators and freezers, vials of blood and jars of urine, and about 1,000 white lab mice in crowded, soiled containers. An attorney for one of Zhu's companies had no immediate comment on the allegations.
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