The British government downplayed 'gobsmacking' Covid lab leak information amid resistance from scientific advisers, sources claim
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The British government downplayed 'gobsmacking' Covid lab leak information amid resistance from scientific advisers, sources claim

Daily Mail  

The UK Government downplayed the 'high likelihood' that Covid-19 emerged from a lab leak in China because of resistance from scientific advisers, it was claimed yesterday. US officials shared their views on the origin of the virus in a call with other members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance – the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand Taking part in the January 2021 phone call were Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump 's secretary of state, and the UK's then foreign secretary Dominic Raab and their counterparts The allegations, made by unnamed officials speaking in The Sunday Telegraph yesterday, are likely to increase calls to open the Covid Inquiry to the question of where the virus originated. Two former officials said the evidence was not taken seriously because ministers saw lab leak claims as a 'radioactive American political issue' that was discredited by public disagreement between government scientists and Mr Trump. The UK Government, including Boris Johnson, initially rejected the claim that Covid had been created by scientists Sir Jeremy and 26 other scientists rejected the lab leak theory in February 2020, signing a statement which said: 'We stand together to condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that Covid-19 does not have a natural origin.'

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BORIS JOHNSON: I now believe Covid WAS caused by a lab leak. The Chinese owe us proper answers and our Government should start demanding them
2 days, 15 hours ago

BORIS JOHNSON: I now believe Covid WAS caused by a lab leak. The Chinese owe us proper answers and our Government should start demanding them

Daily Mail  

I said to my team in Number Ten, as they explained the origins of Covid. So, it seemed eminently plausible, as I spoke to Xi, that my officials were right: that the Chinese habit of using so-called wet markets to slaughter and sell rare animals – creatures outside the normal human food chain – had something to do with the …

One of the first to suggest Covid was created in a lab, biologist Alina Chan faced death threats and was branded a 'race traitor'. Now she tells IAN BIRRELL... 'There was a real conspiracy among very
1 week ago

One of the first to suggest Covid was created in a lab, biologist Alina Chan faced death threats and was branded a 'race traitor'. Now she tells IAN BIRRELL... 'There was a real conspiracy among very

Daily Mail  

Soon after the start of the pandemic, as Covid-19 spread its trail of death and devastation around the planet, I came across the draft of a scientific paper online. Pictured: Disinfection of a residential community during Covid lockdown in 2022 in Shanghai, China Alina Chan, then 31, a Canadian molecular biologist, was daring to challenge some of the biggest names …

Germany had intelligence reports about laboratory origin of COVID-19 in 2020
1 week, 4 days ago

Germany had intelligence reports about laboratory origin of COVID-19 in 2020

Op India  

According to Germany’s foreign intelligence service in 2020, there was an 80% to 95% possibility that the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic was unintentionally released from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. Last month, China’s foreign ministry declared that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was not engaged in the development or spread of the COVID-19 virus and that it never …

Did Covid-19 leak from Wuhan Lab? German spy agency thinks so
1 week, 4 days ago

Did Covid-19 leak from Wuhan Lab? German spy agency thinks so

India Today  

Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst, has reportedly concluded that claimed there is an 80-90% chance that Covid-19 virus leaked accidentally from a Chinese laboratory. The intelligence agency collected evidence suggesting that the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China had been conducting research aimed at increasing the infectiousness of viruses in humans. China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said that …

Former CDC boss reveals bombshell new evidence of Covid cover-up and says 'father of the virus' Fauci concealed Wuhan lab leak to protect US spies embedded in China
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Former CDC boss reveals bombshell new evidence of Covid cover-up and says 'father of the virus' Fauci concealed Wuhan lab leak to protect US spies embedded in China

Daily Mail  

Robert Redfield, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when the pandemic erupted, has accused American and British intelligence agencies of orchestrating a clandestine campaign to shut down concerns over a possible laboratory leak in China. Said he believes the lab leak occurred between mid-August and September 2019, when scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology …

Column: A CIA ‘assessment’ revives the fact-free claim that COVID started in a Chinese lab
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Column: A CIA ‘assessment’ revives the fact-free claim that COVID started in a Chinese lab

LA Times  

John Ratcliffe, the newly confirmed director of the CIA, has long been a proponent of the lab-leak theory of COVID’s origins despite the lack of evidence for it. Benjamin Franklin was wrong, or at least premature, when he wrote in 1789 that nothing is certain in this world “except death and taxes.” Were he writing today, he would have to …

China slams CIA’s COVID lab leak claim, says ‘extremely unlikely’ – Here’s why
1 month, 3 weeks ago

China slams CIA’s COVID lab leak claim, says ‘extremely unlikely’ – Here’s why

Live Mint  

Beijing has dismissed the recent claim by the Central Intelligence Agency that COVID-19 is more likely to have originated from a Chinese laboratory, describing it as "extremely unlikely." China's rejection of lab leak theory Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning on Monday strongly refuted the lab leak theory, asserting that it was “extremely unlikely” COVID-19 came from a laboratory. Mao …

Did Covid-19 originate in a Wuhan lab? Now CIA says yes but does it matter?
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Did Covid-19 originate in a Wuhan lab? Now CIA says yes but does it matter?

Firstpost  

In a fresh analysis, the Central Intelligence Agency said it believes that the Covid-19 virus ‘more likely’ leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. In a fresh assessment released last week, the Central Intelligence Agency, believes that the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic was "more likely" leaked from a Chinese lab in Wuhan than transmitted by animals. …

CIA says ‘more likely’ COVID-19 originated from a lab
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIA says ‘more likely’ COVID-19 originated from a lab

Al Jazeera  

The intelligence agency says it has ‘low confidence’ in the assessment and will continue to evaluate credible information. The CIA’s “low confidence” assessment comes after John Ratcliffe was on Thursday sworn in as director of the top intelligence agency under United States President Donald Trump. “We have low confidence in this judgement and will continue to evaluate any available credible …

CIA Shifts View on Covid-19 Cause to Lab Leak ‘More Likely’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIA Shifts View on Covid-19 Cause to Lab Leak ‘More Likely’

Live Mint  

-- The Central Intelligence Agency said the Covid-19 pandemic “more likely” originated from a lab leak than a natural source, shifting its stance after previously saying both scenarios were possible. “CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting,” a spokesperson for …

CIA on COVID origin: US Intelligence Agency believes virus came from lab in China, but has low-confidence in finding
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIA on COVID origin: US Intelligence Agency believes virus came from lab in China, but has low-confidence in finding

Live Mint  

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion. The CIA "continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain …

CIA believes COVID most likely originated from lab but has low confidence in its own finding
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIA believes COVID most likely originated from lab but has low confidence in its own finding

The Hindu  

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released on Saturday that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion. The CIA "continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic …

CIA says Covid 'more likely' to have leaked from lab
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIA says Covid 'more likely' to have leaked from lab

Hindustan Times  

The Central Intelligence Agency has shifted its official stance on the origin of Covid-19, saying Saturday that the virus was "more likely" leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. "CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting," a CIA …

US intelligence agency says Covid 'more likely' leaked from Chinese lab
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US intelligence agency says Covid 'more likely' leaked from Chinese lab

India Today  

The Central Intelligence Agency has shifted its official stance on the origin of Covid-19, saying Saturday that the virus was "more likely" leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. "CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting," a CIA …

CIA backs COVID lab leak theory - but admits ‘low confidence’ in its own findings on pandemic’s start
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIA backs COVID lab leak theory - but admits ‘low confidence’ in its own findings on pandemic’s start

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A bombshell new report from the CIA says the agency is …

CIA Believes COVID Likely Originated From A Lab, But Agency Has Low Confidence In Its Own Finding
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIA Believes COVID Likely Originated From A Lab, But Agency Has Low Confidence In Its Own Finding

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 15, 2025: John Ratcliffe speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing for CIA director on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 15, 2025. The Washington Post via Getty Images WASHINGTON — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that …

CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab, but agency has low confidence in its own finding
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab, but agency has low confidence in its own finding

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion. “CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain …

CIA shifts stance on cause of COVID-19 pandemic, says lab leak 'more likely' than natural origin
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIA shifts stance on cause of COVID-19 pandemic, says lab leak 'more likely' than natural origin

Firstpost  

The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday. But in …

The CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding

LA Times  

A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China. The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China — even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion. The …

CIA assesses lab leak most plausible source of Covid-19, though with low confidence
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIA assesses lab leak most plausible source of Covid-19, though with low confidence

CNN  

CNN — The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency Saturday, just days after Director John Ratcliffe took the reins. The agency has for years said it did not have enough information to determine which origin theory was …

Was Biden kept in the dark about Covid Lab Leak theory? Spy chiefs allegedly 'suppressed' strong evidence
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Was Biden kept in the dark about Covid Lab Leak theory? Spy chiefs allegedly 'suppressed' strong evidence

India Today  

Top US intelligence officials reportedly “silenced” researchers from the Department of Defense and FBI who uncovered strong evidence pointing to a lab leak as the origin of COVID-19, The New York Post has reported. As part of a report on COVID’s origins delivered to President Biden in August 2021, evidence supporting the lab leak theory was allegedly suppressed. However, research …

COVID-19 likely came from a lab, US committee finds
3 months, 3 weeks ago

COVID-19 likely came from a lab, US committee finds

Al Jazeera  

A committee of the United States Congress has backed the theory that a lab leak caused the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report released on Monday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis said it had concluded that the coronavirus “likely emerged because of a laboratory or research related accident”. However, the US Department of Energy assessed …

Covid very likely came from a Chinese lab leak and there was 'obviously' a cover-up by Beijing, British expert says
4 months ago

Covid very likely came from a Chinese lab leak and there was 'obviously' a cover-up by Beijing, British expert says

Daily Mail  

Covid most likely came from a lab leak in China and its origins were 'obviously' the subject of a cover-up by Beijing, a top British epidemiologist has said. Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan, central China, with differing theories among scientists over whether it could have come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology or a wet market in the region. Covid-19 emerged …

Boris Johnson is convinced that Covid WAS made in a Chinese lab: In his explosive memoir, former PM rejects theory it started in Wuhan market and says it's likely the virus WAS result of a 'botched ex
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Boris Johnson is convinced that Covid WAS made in a Chinese lab: In his explosive memoir, former PM rejects theory it started in Wuhan market and says it's likely the virus WAS result of a 'botched ex

Daily Mail  

Boris Johnson believes that the Covid pandemic started due to a devastating leak from a Chinese laboratory - not as the result of animal-to-human transmission in a Wuhan wildlife market. In the latest revelation from his sensational new memoir, Mr Johnson abandons his initial assertion when he was Prime Minister that more than seven million people died worldwide because the …

Column: The COVID lab leak claim isn’t just an attack on science, but a threat to public health
7 months, 1 week ago

Column: The COVID lab leak claim isn’t just an attack on science, but a threat to public health

LA Times  

Dr. Anthony Fauci, then-director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responds to unfounded attacks on his integrity at a Senate hearing during the pandemic. — 41 scientists warn of the rise in anti-science disinformation “The lab leak narrative fuels mistrust in science and public health infrastructures,” the authors observe. Yet, scientists and public health professionals have been …

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin
1 year ago

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin

Hindustan Times  

Discovering COVID's origin will shape the next pandemic. Some experts say it's possible that the Wuhan lab had progenitor strains — ancestors — of SARS-CoV-2, but China's alleged withholding information on the origin of COVID makes this impossible to prove or disprove. "Every form of the lab leak theory involves some sort of cover up, which to me means that …

Top scientist hints that China may be covering up Covid lab leak
1 year, 1 month ago

Top scientist hints that China may be covering up Covid lab leak

Daily Mail  

Covid's origins may never be known, Britain's top scientist has warned. Dame Angela McLean, the government's chief scientific advisor, claimed we will probably never know whether the virus occurred naturally or escaped from a lab. Professor McLean, who took over from Sir Patrick Vallance, told Radio 4's Today program: 'I am convinced that we're very unlikely ever to know if …

Covid's actual origin may NEVER be discovered: Stark warning of Britain's top scientist who hints that China may be covering up a lab leak
1 year, 1 month ago

Covid's actual origin may NEVER be discovered: Stark warning of Britain's top scientist who hints that China may be covering up a lab leak

Daily Mail  

Covid's origins may never be known, Britain's top scientist has warned. Dame Angela McLean, the government's chief scientific advisor, claimed we will probably never know whether the virus occurred naturally or escaped from a lab. Professor Dame Angela McLean, the government's Chief Scientific Advisor, told Radio 4's Today programme: 'I am convinced that we're very unlikely ever to know if …

Revealed: US and China sought to create virus in 2018 similar to Covid
1 year, 2 months ago

Revealed: US and China sought to create virus in 2018 similar to Covid

Daily Mail  

Bombshell new documents shed light on a shady 2018 project between US and Chinese scientists to create a novel virus with the same rare features seen in Covid. In initial proposals for DEFUSE, the lab work was to be done in a biosafety-level 2 lab, which researchers said would appeal to federal grant-makers as 'highly cost effective' despite the fewer …

Michael Gove suggests to Covid-19 inquiry that virus was ‘man-made’
1 year, 3 months ago

Michael Gove suggests to Covid-19 inquiry that virus was ‘man-made’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Asked about shortcomings in preparedness for a new virus, the senior Tory said: “There …

Top WHO virologist admits agency should NEVER have dismissed lab leak theory as being implausible
1 year, 9 months ago

Top WHO virologist admits agency should NEVER have dismissed lab leak theory as being implausible

Daily Mail  

But she said ranking theories 'was not smart' and the lab leak cannot be ruled out In March 2021 the WHO confirmed the lab leak theory was 'extremely unlikely' The World Health Organisation should never have dismissed the Covid lab leak theory in favour of Beijing's frozen food origin story, one of the agency's most senior officials claimed today. The …

Top Chinese scientist says Covid lab leak theory ‘not to be ruled out’
1 year, 9 months ago

Top Chinese scientist says Covid lab leak theory ‘not to be ruled out’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The possibility the Covid virus …

Opinion: I called for more research on the COVID ‘lab leak theory.’ Here’s what I found out
2 years ago

Opinion: I called for more research on the COVID ‘lab leak theory.’ Here’s what I found out

LA Times  

Security guards stand in front of the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan on Jan. 11, 2020, the day Chinese authorities said a 61-year-old man had died from a respiratory illness believed to have been caused by the novel coronavirus. I tabled all my other research to try to falsify the hypothesis that the pandemic began at one of …

Emails show Dr. Fauci commissioned a February 2020 paper to disprove COVID leaked from a Wuhan lab
2 years ago

Emails show Dr. Fauci commissioned a February 2020 paper to disprove COVID leaked from a Wuhan lab

Daily Mail  

Dr Anthony Fauci commissioned and edited the report he cited to disprove the lab leak theory, House Republicans found Dr. Anthony Fauci commissioned a February 2020 paper to disprove the possibility that COVID originated in a lab — before publicizing the study at a White House news conference weeks later. Newly-released emails show that Dr. Anthony Fauci commissioned the report …

The covid lab-leak theory is back thanks to geopolitics
2 years ago

The covid lab-leak theory is back thanks to geopolitics

Live Mint  

On Sunday, 26 February, The Wall Street Journal revealed that the US Department of Energy in a report had concluded, although with “low confidence”, that the covid virus that has killed millions of people across the world “most likely” originated in a Wuhan laboratory. Interestingly, American left-liberal politicians and almost all of US mainstream media vehicles have ridiculed, vilified and …

Come clean on Covid origins, says WHO as lab leak theory gains momentum
2 years ago

Come clean on Covid origins, says WHO as lab leak theory gains momentum

India Today  

The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of Covid-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab leak and furious denials from Beijing. FBI director Christopher Wray told Fox News television on Tuesday that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation had now assessed the source of the Covid-19 pandemic was "most likely a …

Is London silent on lab leak of COVID19 so as not to upset China?
2 years ago

Is London silent on lab leak of COVID19 so as not to upset China?

Firstpost  

“It is important that there is some transparency, whether it be someone from MI5 or MI6 or whether it be a minister, and I think it would be beneficial to set out some of the intelligence on what they feel happened,” says Tory MP London: British intelligence officers came under pressure on Wednesday to divulge information regarding Covid-19’s origins and …

Is it time to start believing in the COVID-19 ‘lab leak’ theory?
2 years ago

Is it time to start believing in the COVID-19 ‘lab leak’ theory?

Firstpost  

COVID-19 killed 68 lakh people worldwide. The theory first hit headlines early on in the pandemic when former US president Donald Trump said that the virus originated from the Wuhan lab. “By rehashing the lab-leak theory, the US will not succeed in discrediting China, and instead, it will only hurt its own credibility,” said China foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning. …

US govt finally close to admitting what everyone knew, that Covid came from a lab in Wuhan
2 years ago

US govt finally close to admitting what everyone knew, that Covid came from a lab in Wuhan

Op India  

The United Senate has unanimously voted to call for a bill to declassify all intelligence regarding the origins of Covid 19, more than 3 years after the pandemic broke and killed millions of people around the world. pic.twitter.com/liNdlhoKu1 — Disclose.tv March 2, 2023 The development comes a day after the US Department of Energy and later the FBI confirmed that …

Lab leak ‘most likely’ led to Covid pandemic, FBI director says
2 years ago

Lab leak ‘most likely’ led to Covid pandemic, FBI director says

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy FBI director Christopher Wray has said a laboratory leak in …

China says \'lab leak\' claims hurt US credibility
2 years ago

China says \'lab leak\' claims hurt US credibility

Deccan Chronicle  

BEIJING: Beijing accused Washington on Wednesday of harming its own credibility after a top US intelligence official said his agency believed the pandemic "most likely" caused by a laboratory incident in Wuhan, China. FBI Director Christopher Wray told Fox News on Tuesday that the Bureau has now assessed the source of Covid-19 was "most likely a potential lab incident in …

Covid-19 'most likely' leaked from Chinese government controlled lab in Wuhan, says FBI director
2 years ago

Covid-19 'most likely' leaked from Chinese government controlled lab in Wuhan, says FBI director

Firstpost  

Washington: Covid-19 pandemic “most likely” originated from a Chinese government controlled lab in Wuhan, said FBI Director Christopher Wray. ‘Covid origin likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan’ In an interview to Fox News, Wray said: “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan.” …

Covid 'most likely' leaked from China-controlled lab: FBI director's assertion
2 years ago

Covid 'most likely' leaked from China-controlled lab: FBI director's assertion

Hindustan Times  

The Covid virus most likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan in China, FBI director Christopher Wray said. "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan," Christopher Wray told Fox News in an interview. ”And that's unfortunate for everybody," he added, saying that the …

FBI director says COVID leaked from Wuhan lab after 'most likely a potential lab incident'
2 years ago

FBI director says COVID leaked from Wuhan lab after 'most likely a potential lab incident'

Daily Mail  

FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed the agency's conclusion that the COVID pandemic was probably the result of a lab leak in Wuhan, China. FBI Director Christopher Wray commented for the first time that the FBI concluded that COVID originated from a lab in Wuhan, China Wray said the virus was likely the result of a lab leak and that the …

FBI director says China laboratory leak was likely COVID source
2 years ago

FBI director says China laboratory leak was likely COVID source

Al Jazeera  

FBI Director Christopher Wray accuses China of thwarting efforts to identify the origin of the COVID-19 outbreak. FBI Director Christopher Wray says his agency has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, was the likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wray’s comments follow a Wall Street Journal report on Sunday that the US Energy Department had assessed …

No government consensus on COVID lab leak theory, says White House
2 years ago

No government consensus on COVID lab leak theory, says White House

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Even as the Department of Energy determined that a lab leak was the most likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House has downplayed and refused to acknowledge this information, claiming that there is still no government consensus on the origins of the outbreak. “The intelligence community and the rest of the government is still looking at …

‘No conclusion on Covid origin theory’: White House on lab leak report
2 years ago

‘No conclusion on Covid origin theory’: White House on lab leak report

Live Mint  

A day after the US Department of Energy said the coronavirus pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak, the White House on Monday asserted that there is no definitive conclusion on the origin of Covid-19, according to the news agency ANI. Speaking to media persons at a daily White House news conference, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications …

The latest in the COVID 'lab leak' theory: What we know and don't know about the origins of the pandemic
2 years ago

The latest in the COVID 'lab leak' theory: What we know and don't know about the origins of the pandemic

Firstpost  

Washington: The US Energy Department’s conclusion, with “low confidence,” that an accidental laboratory leak in China most likely caused the coronavirus pandemic has renewed questions about what sparked the worst public health crisis in a century — and whether the virus at the heart of it was somehow connected to scientific research. Scientists who have studied the genetics of the …

Science 'should not be politicised': China rejects US report's lab-leak theory on COVID-19 origin
2 years ago

Science 'should not be politicised': China rejects US report's lab-leak theory on COVID-19 origin

Firstpost  

Beijing: China on Monday rejected a new US report that claims the COVID-19 virus may have leaked from a bio laboratory in Wuhan, saying the origins-tracing of the pandemic “is about science and should not be politicised.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the international experts have considered the theory that the pandemic might have leaked from a Chinese laboratory …

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