The CIA says both a natural origin and a lab leak 'remain plausible' as potential sources of covid-19, following a review of the pandemic's origins.
The Central Intelligence Agency has officially changed its stance on how the covid-19 pandemic first began. In an assessment released over the weekend, the agency stated it now believes the coronavirus responsible for covid-19 most likely leaked out from a lab in Wuhan, China, rather than from direct animal-to-human transmission.of the assessment Saturday.
China has fiercely rejected the CIA’s findings. “The conclusion that a laboratory leak is extremely unlikely was reached by the China-WHO joint expert team based on field visits to relevant laboratories in Wuhan,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a China certainly hasn’t done itself any favors in warding off suspicions about its role in the pandemic. Its leadershipabout covid-19 early on, silencing doctors who tried to warn others about the threat. And it has stymied efforts by outside groups, including the World Health Organization, to investigate the virus’ origins, even toWhile there are notable scientists and health officials who back the lab leak theory for covid-19.
The CIA’s new assessment began under the direction of former CIA director William Burns during the Biden administration. Critics argue that the findings were released to advance the politics of the agency’s new director, aof the lab leak theory.
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