CIA's 'Virus Report': A political farce, a scientific joke
China DailyOn January 25, the CIA's declassified report on the origins of COVID-19 was released and its content is utterly absurd. Joint expert teams from the World Health Organization have conducted multiple in-depth investigations, clearly concluding that it is "extremely unlikely" that the virus was transmitted to humans through a laboratory. The international authoritative medical journal the Lancet published an article in August 2024 titled "COVID-19 Origins: Plain Speaking is Overdue." Speaking of laboratories, the U.S.'s Fort Detrick biological laboratory is a "time bomb." In July 2019, Fort Detrick was suddenly shut down for "not having adequate systems to purify laboratory wastewater," but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refused to release further details.
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Column: A CIA ‘assessment’ revives the fact-free claim that COVID started in a Chinese lab
LA Times
CIA says ‘more likely’ COVID-19 originated from a lab
Al Jazeera
US intelligence report on COVID-19 origins rejects some points raised by lab leak theory proponents
Associated Press
Column: A declassified government report offers no support for the lab-leak theory of COVID’s origin
LA Times
China accuses US of politicizing COVID-19 origins research
Associated Press
WHO should inspect US' Fort Detrick lab: China's veiled attack over COVID-19 origin theory
India TV News
Covid origin: If labs are to be investigated, WHO experts should go to Fort Detrick in US, says China
India Today
Republican Rep. slams government for keeping lab report backing COVID leak theories under wraps
Daily Mail
As the WHO investigated coronavirus origins in China, Beijing pushed a conspiracy about the US
CNN
Research into deadly viruses and biological weapons at US army lab shut down over fears they could escape
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