China Ordered to Pay $24.5 Billion for Covid Deceit

Missouri Wins Landmark Judgment Against China for Covid Cover-Up and PPE Hoarding

A federal court in the Eastern District of Missouri issued a landmark default judgment, ordering the People’s Republic of China and eight affiliated entities to pay the State of Missouri $24,488,825,457—or $24.5 billion—in damages, along with post-judgment interest, for their role in hoarding personal protective equipment (PPE) during the early stages of the Covid pandemic. The ruling, delivered by Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., a cousin of the late Rush Limbaugh, marks a significant step in holding China accountable for a man-made crisis that brought the world to a stop and may have permanently altered it. Most importantly, for reasons we will discuss, the case was decided entirely independent of the fact that the virus originated in a laboratory. In other words, the outcome would have been the same if Covid had emerged from a natural source.

A Pattern of Deception

The case and the court's reasoning highlight a deliberate and systematic campaign by China to suppress critical information about Covid while simultaneously stockpiling PPE, leaving states like Missouri to fend for themselves. Evidence presented by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey revealed that China was aware of the virus's existence and its potential for human-to-human transmission as early as September 2019—months before the Chinese government publicly acknowledged it on December 31, 2019.