Was Biden kept in the dark about Covid Lab Leak theory? Spy chiefs allegedly 'suppressed' strong evidence
1 week, 5 days 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 by scientists at the Defense Intelligence Agency revealed a different story—one that pointed to the lab leak theory as the more plausible explanation, the NY Post report said. The report that was presented to Biden backed the theory that the virus jumped from animals to humans while the evidence supporting the lab leak was ignored.

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COVID lab leak evidence: Biden kept in dark as spy chiefs 'silenced' FBI and scientists from briefing, report says
1 week, 6 days 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
4 weeks, 2 days 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 likely came from a lab, US committee finds
1 month 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 …

Column: The COVID lab leak claim isn’t just an attack on science, but a threat to public health
4 months, 3 weeks 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
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Did the CIA bribe its officials to cover up COVID-19 lab-leak theory?
1 year, 3 months ago

Did the CIA bribe its officials to cover up COVID-19 lab-leak theory?

Firstpost  

A CIA official has made claims about the origins of COVID-19 to a congressional hearing. He alleges that the US agency offered six of its own analysts ‘a significant monetary incentive’ to change their position – that the virus didn’t leak from the Wuhan lab and jumped from animals to humans It’s been three years since COVID-19 struck the globe; …

US intelligence report on COVID-19 origins rejects some points raised by lab leak theory proponents
1 year, 6 months ago

US intelligence report on COVID-19 origins rejects some points raised by lab leak theory proponents

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials released an intelligence report Friday that rejected some points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, instead reiterating that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began. But the report says U.S. intelligence “has no information, however, indicating that any WIV genetic engineering work has involved SARS-CoV-2, a close progenitor, …

Top WHO virologist admits agency should NEVER have dismissed lab leak theory as being implausible
1 year, 6 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 …

Biden signs bill on COVID-19 origins declassification
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden signs bill on COVID-19 origins declassification

The Hindu  

President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill on Monday that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic. The legislation, which passed both the House and Senate without dissent, directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify intelligence related …

Biden signs bill on Covid-19 origins declassification
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden signs bill on Covid-19 origins declassification

India Today  

US President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill Monday that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of Covid-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic. The legislation, which passed both the House and Senate without dissent, directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify intelligence related …

Opinion: I called for more research on the COVID ‘lab leak theory.’ Here’s what I found out
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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?
1 year, 10 months 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?
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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 …

COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins
1 year, 10 months ago

COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — COVID-19’s origins remain hazy. On Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Fox News that the FBI “has for quite some time now” assessed that the pandemic’s origins are “most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan.” But others in the U.S. intelligence community disagree, and there’s no consensus. Everything we skeptics said was true.” Overall mentions of COVID-19 …

Lab leak ‘most likely’ led to Covid pandemic, FBI director says
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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'
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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
1 year, 10 months 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 …

Lab-leak theory: What the evidence actually says now.
1 year, 10 months ago

Lab-leak theory: What the evidence actually says now.

Slate  

On Feb. 26, the Wall Street Journal ran a story that looked, at first glance, like a bombshell: “Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says.” So, did something big just happen? But we do know that the DOE has “low confidence” in its assessment that the virus came from a lab, as the WSJ reported, …

Animal origins or lab leak? How Covid started remains a mystery after 3 years
1 year, 10 months ago

Animal origins or lab leak? How Covid started remains a mystery after 3 years

India Today  

A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the world since the Covid-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? “There is just not an intelligence community consensus.” The DOE’s conclusion was first reported over the weekend in the Wall Street Journal, which said the classified report was based on new …

Another blow to China: COVID-19 likely came from lab leak in Wuhan, claims US study
1 year, 10 months ago

Another blow to China: COVID-19 likely came from lab leak in Wuhan, claims US study

India TV News  

China virus: The virus that drove the COVID-19 pandemic, killing close to 7 million people globally, most likely emerged from a laboratory leak in China, according to a US media report, citing a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress. The Central Intelligence Agency and another agency that officials would not name remain …

China replies to US on COVID lab leak theory: 'Already contributed immensely to global virus tracing research'
1 year, 10 months ago

China replies to US on COVID lab leak theory: 'Already contributed immensely to global virus tracing research'

India TV News  

China COVID origin: A day after the United States released a report in which it reiterated that the COVID virus leaked from a lab in China, the latter has refuted the claims and said it is "transparent" in the matter pertaining to the lethal virus. The critical remarks from Beijing came as the US Department of Energy reassessed the theory …

White House says there is STILL no 'consensus' on how COVID began
1 year, 10 months ago

White House says there is STILL no 'consensus' on how COVID began

Daily Mail  

Other agencies think the virus mutated in the environment The White House on Monday was forced to admit the lack of a consensus between disparate U.S. agencies about the origins of COVID-19 following a report that Energy Department Scientists believe a laboratory leak in China was the likely cause. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended infectious disease expert Dr. …

U.S. agency says COVID came from “lab leak”, China slams “smear”
1 year, 10 months ago

U.S. agency says COVID came from “lab leak”, China slams “smear”

The Hindu  

China on Monday accused the United States of “smearing” the country and “politicising” scientific research, after a government agency in Washington published a report concluding that the COVID-19 pandemic likely began from a laboratory accident. A classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and members of Congress, reported The Wall Street Journal on Monday, said the U.S. Energy …

After FBI, US Energy Dept Says Lab Leak Likely Led to Covid-19 Pandemic
1 year, 10 months ago

After FBI, US Energy Dept Says Lab Leak Likely Led to Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18  

The US Energy Department in a report concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic most likely happened due to laboratory leak, the Wall Street Journal reported citing a classified intelligence report which was given to the White House and key members of the US Congress. According to the report, different parts of the intelligence community have differing opinions on the origin of …

US agency believes COVID-19 likely emerged from lab leak in China, say reports
1 year, 10 months ago

US agency believes COVID-19 likely emerged from lab leak in China, say reports

Firstpost  

Washington: The coronavirus pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak, the US Department of Energy now says according to media, although the White House maintained Sunday that American intelligence remained divided on the issue. The determination – noted in a classified report by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines’s office, The Wall Street Journal reported – marks a shift …

US says Chinese lab leak most likely caused Covid-19: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

US says Chinese lab leak most likely caused Covid-19: Report

Hindustan Times  

The coronavirus pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak, the US Department of Energy now says according to media, although the White House maintained Sunday that American intelligence remained divided on the issue. The determination -- noted in a classified report by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines's office, The Wall Street Journal reported -- marks a shift by …

COVID-19 pandemic most likely began with a lab leak, U.S. Department of Energy says
1 year, 10 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic most likely began with a lab leak, U.S. Department of Energy says

LA Times  

Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology as members of the World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic visit on Feb. 3, 2021. Now, the U.S. Department of Energy has assessed with “low confidence” that it began with a lab leak, according to a person familiar with the report who wasn’t authorized to …

Column: Contrary to latest claims, there’s still not a speck of evidence that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab
1 year, 10 months ago

Column: Contrary to latest claims, there’s still not a speck of evidence that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab

LA Times  

A street in Wuhan, China, is shown during the 2020 lockdown. This zombie theory got another shot of life-giving plasma this weekend from the Wall Street Journal, which reported that the Department of Energy “has concluded that the COVID pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak.” The Journal also reported, however, that the agency “made its judgment with ‘low …

China rejects US lab-leak theory news report on Covid-19 origin
1 year, 10 months ago

China rejects US lab-leak theory news report on Covid-19 origin

India Today  

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." The USDE has assessed in the intelligence report that it had “low confidence” that the Covid-19 virus accidentally escaped from a lab in Wuhan, …

US claims Covid likely emerged from China laboratory leak: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

US claims Covid likely emerged from China laboratory leak: Report

Live Mint  

The coronavirus pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak, the US Department of Energy now says according to media, although the White House maintained Sunday that American intelligence remained divided on the issue. The determination -- noted in a classified report by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines's office, The Wall Street Journal reported -- marks a shift by …

COVID “lab-leak” debate: Three years in, it’s unresolved. That’s OK.
1 year, 11 months ago

COVID “lab-leak” debate: Three years in, it’s unresolved. That’s OK.

Slate  

On Jan. 30, 2020, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton addressed military leaders at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing and presented a startling idea. But right from the start, the “debate” itself was peculiar: It was justified by the hope that identifying the origins of COVID-19 would help us better prepare for future public health threats. And a 2016 survey of …

COVID was man-made virus, says Scientist who worked at Wuhan lab
2 years, 1 month ago

COVID was man-made virus, says Scientist who worked at Wuhan lab

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In what appears to be an astonishing revelation, a US-based scientist, who worked at a controversial research lab in China's Wuhan, has said that COVID-19 was a "man-made virus" that leaked from the facility. COVID was leaked from Wuhan Institute of Virology, a state-run and funded research facility, two years ago, the New York Post reported, quoting US-based …

Covid a result of China 'lab leak’, hints US Senate report
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid a result of China 'lab leak’, hints US Senate report

Hindustan Times  

Republicans in the US Senate on Thursday presented a report on how Covid-19 virus could have started from a laboratory leak, although underscoring that the findings still lack indisputable evidence. The report is seen as an attempt by the Republican party to pressurise the Biden administration and congressional Democrats to take the Covid virus lab leak theory more seriously, reported …

How did COVID-19 start? Another report supports ‘Lab Leak’ theory
2 years, 2 months ago

How did COVID-19 start? Another report supports ‘Lab Leak’ theory

Live Mint  

It seems like everyone has an opinion on how COVID-19 came to exist. Republicans in the US Senate who looked into the origin of the virus speculate that COVID-19 might have originated from a lab leak, however they stress that there isn't conclusive proof of this. It’s concerning since the lab leak theory is “not motivated by scientific fact”, said …

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild
2 years, 5 months ago

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

Associated Press  

Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab. “I was quite convinced of the lab leak myself until we dove into this very carefully and looked at it …

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild
2 years, 5 months ago

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

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 Two new studies provide more …

China calls COVID ‘lab leak’ theory a lie after WHO report
2 years, 6 months ago

China calls COVID ‘lab leak’ theory a lie after WHO report

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China on Friday attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as a politically motivated lie, after the World Health Organization recommended in its strongest terms yet that a deeper probe is needed into whether a lab accident may be to blame. “The lab leak theory is totally a …

China calls Covid 'lab leak' theory a lie after WHO report
2 years, 6 months ago

China calls Covid 'lab leak' theory a lie after WHO report

India Today  

China on Friday attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as a politically motivated lie, after the World Health Organization recommended in its strongest terms yet that a deeper probe is needed into whether a lab accident may be to blame. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian also rejected accusations that …

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