Ok but why would anyone care if they aren't calling for a shutdown of growth-of-function research? There's nothing essentially qualitatively different about China that make them more evil or less competent. Hence the comment about racism. Even if they did intend it as a weapon, they certainly could not have predicted how badly we would bungle the response. The complete lack of serious protest against growth-of-function research has led me to conclude this is almost pure racism/fearmongering/arrogance/special interests driving this narrative.

This is just naked propaganda and there's zero substance to it. just "covid=china=bad".