Add to that the probability that the virus emerged from a Chinese government lab, and may even have been engineered by Chinese government scientists, and it is clear that the nations of the world are not just owed a massive apology; they are owed massive damages. To collect this compensation, nothing should be off the table—tariffs, taxes, and a global summit on reparations.

Possibly optics for a bait & switch here; get people to support the idea of Covid reparations via the Chinese boogeyman, then it turns out US deep state developed the virus in Ukraine, so end up having to pay instead of China.