Let's end the COVID-19 blame game: Reconsidering China's role in the pandemic

According to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, "today we're all still wearing masks and watching the pandemic's body count rise because the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] failed in its promises to the world." This was the most prominent recent example of the Trump administration blaming China, particularly the Chinese Communist Party, for the COVID-19 pandemic that surfaced in Wuhan, Hubei Province at the end of 2019. China, in turn, has accused the United States of mismanagement and failure to take the pandemic seriously.