American grant of immunity
Among the individuals in Japan after its 1945 surrender was Lieutenant Colonel Murray Sanders, who arrived in Yokohama via the American ship Sturgess in September 1945. Sanders was a highly regarded microbiologist and a member of America's military center for biological weapons. Sanders' duty was to investigate Japanese biological warfare activity. At the time of his arrival in Japan he had no knowledge of what Unit 731 was.[50] Until Sanders finally threatened the Japanese with bringing the Soviets into the picture, little information about biological warfare was being shared with the Americans. The Japanese wanted to avoid prosecution under the Soviet legal system, so the next morning after he made his threat, Sanders received a manuscript describing Japan's involvement in biological warfare.[73] Sanders took this information to General Douglas MacArthur, who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers responsible for rebuilding Japan during the Allied occupations. MacArthur struck a deal with Japanese informants:[74] He secretly granted immunity to the physicians of Unit 731, including their leader, in exchange for providing America, but not the other wartime allies, with their research on biological warfare and data from human experimentation.[6] American occupation authorities monitored the activities of former unit members, including reading and censoring their mail.[75] The U.S. believed that the research data was valuable, and did not want other nations, particularly the Soviet Union, to acquire data on biological weapons.[76]
The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal heard only one reference to Japanese experiments with "poisonous serums" on Chinese civilians. This took place in August 1946 and was instigated by David Sutton, assistant to the Chinese prosecutor. The Japanese defense counsel argued that the claim was va
随着新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情的爆发，野生动物消费问题再次成为舆论焦点。17年前，SARS自中国华南地区蔓延至全球27个国家，造成8000余人感染。今日，新型冠状病毒再次袭来，一时间众声哗然，许多人愤而慨叹此次疫情与当年何其相似，原因之一，便是造成这两次疫情的病毒都与人类餐桌上的野味有极大关系。
在当前严峻的抗疫形势下，人们对售卖、食用野味的行为深恶痛绝，恨如头醋，但还是有人罔顾法纪铁规，无视严峻疫情，上山偷猎，仅为满足一己口腹之欲。
近日，毕节市公安局七星关分局团结派出所就查处一起偷猎并食用野生动物果子狸的违法行为人。
2月8日，团结派出所接到群众举报，称团结镇青杠村的村民胡某这几天常带着捕猎工具，鬼鬼祟祟地在村里后山游荡，疑似偷猎野生动物。
疫情当前，竟然还有人顶风作案！派出所民警立即赶到青杠村，经过对已有线索的分析研判和大量走访调查，终于把胡某堵在家中并将其抓获，同时收缴到捕猎器和野生动物两只。
经审讯，胡某交代其因疫情爆发闲赋在家无事可做，便想用自己做好的捕猎器去山上打点“野味”换个口味。其将捕猎器安装在后山的树林中，通过非法手段捕获了两只野生动物果子狸，随后自行宰杀食用。当民警训诫其捕杀野生动物属于违法行为且极易传染病毒时，胡某表示十分愧疚和后悔。
目前，案件正在进一步办理中。
野生动物生存的环境本身比较复杂，许多疾病的病原体就是在对野生动物进行猎捕、运输、饲养、宰杀、贮存、加工和食用过程中扩散传播的，导致发各类传染病肆虐横行。
面对疫情，无论是从法律角度、伦理角度、健康角度还是人与自然的和谐相处角度，我们都应该反思：必须杜绝捕食和贩卖野生动物！拒绝野味，从你我做起！