Sen. John Cornyn came under fire Wednesday for comments some perceived as racist when he blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic, calling it a "culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that." "Because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that." The coronavirus has origins in bats, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cornyn also linked China to the swine flu, SARS and MERS pandemics. The swine flu was first detected in the United States.

Source: Fox News March 19, 2020 01:41 UTC