CIA assesses lab leak most plausible source of Covid-19, though with low confidence
2 months 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 more likely — and its new assessment is only a “low confidence” judgment. The agency’s director under former President Joe Biden, Bill Burns, had pushed analysts to take a position on the origins of the pandemic, and this assessment was made and published within the US government before Donald Trump took office Monday, the official said. “We have low confidence in this judgement and will continue to evaluate any available credible new intelligence reporting or open-source information that could change CIA’s assessment.” Every US intelligence agency still unanimously maintains that Covid-19 was not developed as a biological weapon, but there remains no consensus as to the virus’s origins, according to a report issued by the Office of the Director of Intelligence in 2023.

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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
4 days, 11 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 …

Top Dutch virologist questions theory Covid was created in a lab
1 week ago

Top Dutch virologist questions theory Covid was created in a lab

NL Times  

Virologist Marion Koopmans is said to be “baffled” by recent reports about the possible origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which triggered the Covid-19 pandemic five years ago. “You will not hear me say it is impossible that it came out of a lab, but there is currently no scientific research data that proves this,” she said. The agency reportedly said …

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, 2 days 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, 6 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, 6 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, 3 days 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 …

Covid's origins reviewed: Lab leak or natural spillover?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Covid's origins reviewed: Lab leak or natural spillover?

Hindustan Times  

Whether Covid-19 was unleashed by a laboratory mishap or spilled over from animals remains an enduring, fiercely contested mystery. The case for lab leak Proponents of the lab-leak hypothesis highlight that the earliest known Covid-19 cases emerged in Wuhan, China -- home to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a major hub for coronavirus research -- located roughly 1,000 miles from …

Covid's origins reviewed: Lab leak or natural spillover?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Covid's origins reviewed: Lab leak or natural spillover?

Raw Story  

by Issam AHMED Whether Covid-19 was unleashed by a laboratory mishap or spilled over from animals remains an enduring, fiercely contested mystery. - The case for lab leak - Proponents of the lab-leak hypothesis highlight that the earliest known Covid-19 cases emerged in Wuhan, China -- home to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a major hub for coronavirus research -- …

Did Covid originate in Wuhan lab? Calls for probe into 'China virus' grow in US
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Did Covid originate in Wuhan lab? Calls for probe into 'China virus' grow in US

India Today  

Five years after the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a global health emergency, the US is revisiting the chapter of the virus's origins. This is even as Donald Trump, who called the novel coronavirus the "China virus", has returned as the American President. In mid-January, days before Trump was to take over as the President, the Senate Homeland Security and …

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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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
Trending News
2 months 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
2 months 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 …

‘Millions could’ve been saved if Chinese were transparent’: The Seeker, Indian whistleblower, who exposed Covid-19 cover-up
2 months, 1 week ago

‘Millions could’ve been saved if Chinese were transparent’: The Seeker, Indian whistleblower, who exposed Covid-19 cover-up

Firstpost  

Prasenjit Ray and others at the collective DRASTIC spent months scouring the internet for evidence and analysing it to answer questions that the Chinese regime should have addressed at the onset: What is this virus? If not for the investigative work of the likes of Prasenjit Ray, better known as ‘The Seeker’ on X, the world would have never known …

Covid originated in China’s Wuhan lab? There’s now ‘smoking gun’ evidence, says Rutgers scientist Richard Ebright
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Covid originated in China’s Wuhan lab? There’s now ‘smoking gun’ evidence, says Rutgers scientist Richard Ebright

Firstpost  

Referring to research proposals by Chinese scientists and their US collaborators, and the emergence of the same kind of virus near their lab at Wuhan a year later, scientist Richard Ebright says there is now smoking gun evidence for the laboratory-origin of Covid-19 pandemic in an interview with Firstpost’s Madhur Sharma Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University, is …

Shared most Covid data: China's defence as WHO says Beijing's 'moral imperative'
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Shared most Covid data: China's defence as WHO says Beijing's 'moral imperative'

India Today  

The Chinese government on Tuesday said that it has shared the most Covid-19 data and research findings with the international community and stressed that investigations into the origins of coronavirus should be conducted in other countries as well. Beijing's remarks came after the World Health Organisation urged the country to share data on the origins of the pandemic, five years …

‘Moral imperative’: WHO presses China to share COVID origins data
2 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Moral imperative’: WHO presses China to share COVID origins data

Al Jazeera  

Beijing insists it has shared information on the coronavirus ‘without holding anything back’. “Without transparency, sharing, and cooperation among countries, the world cannot adequately prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics.” The WHO recounted how on December 31, 2019, its country office in China picked up a media statement from health authorities in the central city of Wuhan concerning …

WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence
2 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. “Without transparency, sharing, and cooperation among countries, the world cannot adequately prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics.” China’s Foreign Ministry defended the …

5 years later, smoking gun points to China’s Wuhan lab in search of Covid-19 origin
2 months, 3 weeks ago

5 years later, smoking gun points to China’s Wuhan lab in search of Covid-19 origin

Firstpost  

Five years after SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 disease, first emerged in China’s Wuhan, the evidence so far makes a convincing case for a laboratory-origin of the virus, indicting Chinese researchers and their collaborators abroad for a pandemic unseen in living memory that sickened over 770 million people and killed over 7 million Security personnel stand guard outside the …

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 lab leak evidence: Biden kept in dark as spy chiefs 'silenced' FBI and scientists from briefing, report says
2 months, 3 weeks ago

COVID lab leak evidence: Biden kept in dark as spy chiefs 'silenced' FBI and scientists from briefing, report says

Hindustan Times  

A new report reveals that the FBI, which had strong evidence suggesting that COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak, was reportedly excluded from briefing President Biden. Despite being the only U.S. intelligence agency to conclude a lab leak was the most probable cause, the FBI was reportedly left out of the National Intelligence Council’s August 2021 briefing. Defense and …

Column: With final report on pandemic, House GOP fully embraces COVID conspiracy-mongering
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: With final report on pandemic, House GOP fully embraces COVID conspiracy-mongering

LA Times  

Over the last two years, the Republican-dominated House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic conducted 38 interviews and depositions, held 25 hearings and meetings, and examined more than 1 million pages of documents. A declassified report issued in June 2023 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI — which oversees the entire intelligence community — found …

Covid-19 Origins: Latest US Report Points To 'Wuhan Lab-Leak', Slams Mitigation Measures As Unscientific
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Covid-19 Origins: Latest US Report Points To 'Wuhan Lab-Leak', Slams Mitigation Measures As Unscientific

ABP News  

A US congressional subcommittee probing the origins of Covid-19 and the handling of the pandemic concluded its two-year investigation on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday. Wenstrup listed seven specific findings in his letter, including that the National Institutes of Health funded the controversial gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and that Operation Warp Speed was “tremendous success”, but …

US House Subcommittee report on COVID-19 reveals shocking details: NIH conducted virus research in Wuhan, lockdowns caused rampant fraud and corruption and more
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US House Subcommittee report on COVID-19 reveals shocking details: NIH conducted virus research in Wuhan, lockdowns caused rampant fraud and corruption and more

Op India  

Five years after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in China and the whole world suffered from botched lockdowns, panic and millions of deaths, a US House subcommittee has confirmed what has been suppressed by most Western governments, the mainstream media, and even leading scientific publications and medical bodies of our times. A 520-page report released by a select …

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 …

Trump's former CDC director makes bombshell COVID claim that 'there is a real possibility' virus was born in North Carolina
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump's former CDC director makes bombshell COVID claim that 'there is a real possibility' virus was born in North Carolina

Daily Mail  

A former director of the CDC under Donald Trump says he believes COVID-19 may have been born in a North Carolina laboratory as part of a secret biodefense program. 'Well, I don’t know if they were framed, but I think there is a real possibility that the virus’s birthplace was Chapel Hill,' Redfield said, naming the hometown of the University …

Wuhan Market: More Likely Origin of COVID-19 Virus Than Previously Thought
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wuhan Market: More Likely Origin of COVID-19 Virus Than Previously Thought

The Hindu  

A new study suggests that the Wuhan market in China was the origin of the COVID-19 virus. The data, which was shared publicly by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, included genetic material from more than 800 samples collected at the Huanan market shortly after its closure in early 2020. The researchers found that the virus and the …

‘Beyond reasonable doubt’ Covid pandemic originated at Wuhan market stall
6 months ago

‘Beyond reasonable doubt’ Covid pandemic originated at Wuhan market stall

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 It is beyond “reasonable doubt” that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in …

A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin
6 months ago

A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin

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. Researchers analyzed genetic material gathered from the Chinese market …

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 …

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 …

Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest. He added that he is negotiating a plan to relocate the lab in a way that doesn’t disrupt his team’s work with the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, …

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous
11 months ago

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months. In a faxed statement, China’s Foreign Ministry defended China’s handling of research into the origins, saying the …

Conservatives launch new probe into Canada's lab leak scandal: National security failure saw Chinese scientists send Ebola in the mail to Wuhan and spy on top research hub
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservatives launch new probe into Canada's lab leak scandal: National security failure saw Chinese scientists send Ebola in the mail to Wuhan and spy on top research hub

Daily Mail  

Members of Canada's House of Commons have successfully opened a new investigation into a pair of Chinese scientists who spied for Beijing while they were employed at a microbiology lab in Winnipeg. Chinese scientist Dr Xiangguo Qiu was booted out of a Canadian lab after she was found to have been mailing lethal viruses, including Ebola, back to China to …

Covid-19 origin in more probability unnatural than natural, lab leak potential source: New study
1 year ago

Covid-19 origin in more probability unnatural than natural, lab leak potential source: New study

Hindustan Times  

Originally designed to distinguish between natural epidemics and deliberate biological attacks, researchers modified the Grunow-Finke Tool by tweaking the criteria to determine the likelihood of the nature of the pandemic's origin. The researchers at the University of New South Wales, Australia, assigned points from one to three to each criterion based on available evidence collected from literature and case data …

Covid DID come from Wuhan lab, says new analysis of patients, records and virus' makeup: '70% chance'
1 year ago

Covid DID come from Wuhan lab, says new analysis of patients, records and virus' makeup: '70% chance'

Daily Mail  

Researchers used a risk tool to determine chance Covid was of 'unnatural' origin After being denounced as a conspiracy for years, the Covid lab leak hypothesis is now considered the most likely origin of the virus, according to a new analysis. Shi Zhengli - dubbed the 'Bat Lady' or 'Bat Woman' for her work on bat coronaviruses - investigated the …

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 …

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