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was sworn into his new position, vowing to investigate the origins of the virus. The agency announced its changed position in a statement, obtained by theCIA 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,” an agency spokesman said.
On the judgment being “low confidence,” the CIA said it would continue to evaluate “any available credible new intelligence reporting or open-source information that could change CIA’s assessment.” However, the issue still divides the U.S. and international intelligence community. China has refused to cooperate with investigators, making a definitive conclusion difficult. Four other U.S. intelligence agencies assessed, with low confidence, that the virus originated from an animal that leaped to a human.“Under new management, the CIA is finally saying the quiet part out loud: a Fauci-funded animal lab in Wuhan probably caused COVID.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused millions of deaths worldwide, 1.2 million in the U.S. alone, and cost tens of trillions of dollars in damages.
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