中新網北京1月13日電(蔣鯉)在美國單日新增病例數超140萬例之際，美國共和黨參議員馬爾科·盧比奧(Marco Rubio)不僅沒有推動防疫抗疫，反而又聯合同僚拋出一份要求病毒溯源的“反華”法案，妄圖轉嫁國內矛盾。

　　盧比奧在1月10日提出所謂的“冠狀病毒起源驗證、調查與認定法案”，展眼望去依舊是“老調重彈”，試圖用“制裁”威脅中國，如凍結相關人士在美資產、禁止他們入境美國、撤銷現有簽證等。

　　這當然不是他首次打著溯源的幌子嫁禍中國。靠著打造“反華”的政治人設，盧比奧等議員前腳提出新冠病毒溯源提案，后腳變本加厲通過所謂“維吾爾強迫勞動預防法案”，天天把“人權”“民主”掛在嘴邊，就是為了轉嫁國內危機，撈取更多政治資本。

　　中方已經兩次邀請世衛組織專家來華開展溯源研究，中國—世衛組織溯源聯合研究報告也得出了權威、專業和科學的結論，總有一小撮美國政客變本加厲，孤注一擲妄圖用制裁手段讓中國“服軟”，無非是為了達到這些目的——

　　打壓中國的生物科技、醫療醫藥產業，同時強迫國內相關企業減少對華投資，禁止美國科研機構同中國開展合作；或對中國提起訴訟，試圖通過“索賠”來彌補國內抗疫不力造成的經濟損失，遏制中國發展……瘋狂舉動的背后，是美國對中國根深蒂固的偏見，也反映出這些政客打壓中國的急切用心。他們把自己的政治資源都耗費在無意義的“反華”中，但對美國普羅大眾最關心的問題無所作為。

　　全美10日新增新冠確診病例已經突破140萬例，再創疫情暴發以來新高，超80萬民眾死于新冠肺炎。盧比奧先生所在的佛羅里達州是美國疫情重災區之一。據約翰斯·霍普金斯大學數據，目前該州確診病例已超過480萬，死亡人數超6萬，但盧比奧所為，還是政治操弄，拉著中國當“擋箭牌”。這種拙劣戲碼不止一次地暴露出美國部分“反華”政客對人權的漠然——畢竟在他們眼里，80萬人的死亡，哪有自己參議員的身份重要呢？(完)

　　U.S. politicians attempt to scapegoat China as domestic Covid cases hit new high

　　By John Lee

　　(ECNS) -- Marco Rubio of Florida and 15 other U.S. Republican senators introduced a bill on Monday, trying to hold China accountable for the origin tracing of COVID-19, as newly confirmed cases in the U.S. exceeded 1.4 million on the same day, the highest ever in the past two years.

　　The bill, called Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation, and Determination Act, aims to sanction China by freezing assets of people who the U.S. government believes have blocked the origin tracing process, prohibiting them to enter the country, and cancelling their visas, etc.

　　This is not the first time that Rubio has tried to blame China. He had introduced the COVID Act of 2021 in June 2021, which eventually failed to pass. Another act, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act proposed by him, was signed into law in December 2021.

　　While Florida, the state where Rubio serves, has registered more than 4.8 million confirmed cases and over 60,000 deaths, one of the worst-hit regions by COVID-19 in the U.S., the senator failed to propose effective measures. What he instead attempted was to use China as scapegoat to win more political capital.

　　Although the World Health Organization has twice conducted COVID-19 origin tracing investigations and announced the results, politicians like Rubio in the U.S. still cling to the origin tracing issue and behave even more aggravated to bend China.

　　What they want is no more than to achieve the following goals: cracking down on China's biotechnology, medical and pharmaceutical industries; cutting the investment of domestic related enterprises in China; and prohibiting American scientific research institutions from cooperating with China. They even want to file a lawsuit and claim compensation against China to offset economic losses caused by their ineffective pandemic control and curb China's development. These acts have revealed their prejudice against China as well as their anxiety to suppress China, which is meaningless.

　　The U.S. reported over 1.4 million newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, a record high in a single day, with more than 800,000 people having died due to the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.

　　What politicians like Rubio have done has revealed the neglect of lives and human rights in the U.S. They seem to care more about their political career than the surging death toll.