The claim that Americans used biological weapons 70 years ago was renewed after China faced growing criticism over its handling of the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2019 and 2020. Some prominent virus experts argue that the deadly pathogen may have come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a laboratory involved in biological weapons research for the Chinese military.
The 40-minute televised episode mentions “U.S. germ warfare” and shows the bomb canisters releasing spiders, flies, bedbugs and rats that cause plague, cholera, typhoid and malaria.
At around the 17-minute mark, the show broadcasts what appears to be an old documentary film about a Moscow-led international investigation into the reported use of biological weapons.