Well, Offit's take is this is simply that Russia wants to seize the international spotlight and burnish Russia's image at a time when the world is looking to scientists to rescue us, of course, from the coronavirus epidemic.
奥菲特认为,
全世界都期待科学家将我们从冠状病毒疫情中拯救出去的这个时刻,俄罗斯只是想吸引国际关注,同时美化俄罗斯的形象。