February 27th 2023.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) The US Energy Department has altered its position on the origin of the Covid-19 virus due to 'new intelligence', claiming the virus probably emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. This is held with 'low confidence' scientifically speaking. The FBI has previously reached a similar conclusion with 'moderate confidence', while other US agencies are divided on the issue, with some believing it was a result of natural transmission and others undecided.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Conspiracy theories around the virus being deliberately created in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a lab known for conducting classified research, have been largely rejected by researchers. However, multiple studies from major academic journals suggest that samples of the virus or its predecessors could have been taken from other parts of China and studied at the institute.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Three researchers at the Wuhan lab reportedly became ill when the first cases of the virus appeared, and US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has acknowledged there are still 'various views' among American officials. These new findings contradict the World Health Organisation's insistence that the lab leak theory is 'extremely unlikely'.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) The US Energy Department has revised its stance on the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic, citing 'new intelligence' which suggests it most likely leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. It previously said it was 'undecided' on how the pandemic started, but now holds the position with 'low confidence'. The FBI previously reached the same conclusion with 'moderate confidence', while four other US agencies believe the pandemic was likely caused by natural transmission and another two remain undecided.
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