Great conversation! <br>Regarding China's responsibilities: China has another incentive to basically deny any guilt apart from the "reparation" issue: the side-effect of this pandemic is the erosion of our own institutions. Polarisation is escalating in a lot of western countries (US, UK, EU, Australia), trust in science and politics is plummeting, and the haphazard draconic measures proposed or even taken in some countries create a division between the vaccinated and un-vaccinated where the latter group is basically expelled from taking part in society as their status doesn't allow them to participate in common things (and this includes people who would want the vaccines but cannot have them for medical reasons). In a nutshel: our societies are getting less stable and that is a big win for a country like China, but also Russia.<br>On top of that, a lot of the measures rely on new technology. This means that governments will collect and use more of your personal information and process it in the context of fighting the pandemic (among other things as that road has now opened up). Given that most governments have a bad track-record with data protection and IT in general, it makes these systems more vulnerable (systems are needed quickly in a pandemic situation) and we have increased our risk for data theft and other malicious intent with all it's consequences.