U.S. Report Says That The Covid-19 Virus May Have Leaked From China's Wuhan Lab

 

CNBC/Reuters: U.S. reportedly concluded Covid virus may have leaked from Wuhan lab 

* A U.S. report on the origins of Covid-19 concluded that the hypothesis of a virus leak from a Chinese lab in Wuhan is plausible, The Wall Street Journal said. 

* President Joe Biden said last month he had ordered aides to find answers to the origin of the virus. 

* U.S. officials have accused China of not being transparent about the virus’ origins, a charge Beijing has denied. 

A report on the origins of Covid-19 by a U.S. government national laboratory concluded that the hypothesis of a virus leak from a Chinese lab in Wuhan is plausible and deserves further investigation, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday, citing people familiar with the classified document. 

The study was prepared in May 2020 by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and was referred to by the State Department when it conducted an inquiry into the pandemic’s origins during the final months of the Trump administration, the WSJ report said. 

Lawrence Livermore’s assessment drew on a genomic analysis of the Covid-19 virus, the Journal said. 

Lawrence Livermore declined to comment on The Wall Street Journal report.  

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WNU Editor: China has already responded .... GT exclusive: WSJ-cited lab report on COVID-19 origins provides no new info, just 'pathetic story to push political agenda' (Global Times). More here .... China State Media Calls Wuhan Lab Leak Theory 'Pathetic Story' (Newsweek). 

Update: Damn good question .... Why did US government lab sit on explosive COVID origins report for five months? Secret study concluding Wuhan lab leak WAS possible came out last May but not delivered to the State Department until October (Daily Mail).  

Update #2: I was not aware that the US Secretary of State was an expert on diseases or the US State Department for that matter .... Blinken casts doubt on methodology of coronavirus lab-leak report (Reuters). 

 More News On A U.S. Report That Says The Covid-19 Virus May Have Leaked From China's Wuhan Lab  

Lawrence Livermore report finds Wuhan lab leak theory plausible -- The Hill 

Study By US Govt Lab Found It Plausible That COVID-19 Virus Leaked From Wuhan Lab: Report -- Swarajya 

China thought it had escaped blame for the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but is facing a second reckoning -- Business Insider