Chinese lab leak likely behind COVID outbreak: US Energy Department; Republicans erupt after Energy Dept reportedly says COVID-19 likely came from Chinese lab: ‘We need answers’, and other C-Virus related stories
Chinese lab leak likely behind COVID outbreak: US Energy Department:
The virus that causes COVID-19 most likely leaked from a Chinese laboratory, according to a classified report based on new intelligence and recently sent to the White House and key members of Congress.
The stunning assertion by the US Energy Department comes more than a year after the FBI concluded a lab accident in China was the origin of the disease, which has killed more than 6.8 million people around the world, including 1.1 million in the US.
The FBI’s decision was made with “moderate confidence” and remains the bureau’s opinion, said The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the Energy Department’s own finding on Sunday.
By contrast, the Department of Energy made its determination with “low confidence,” sources who’ve read the classified report told the Journal.
But the judgment is considered important because the Energy Department — which oversees the American nuclear weapons program — runs a network of national labs and has a great deal of scientific expertise, the Journal said.
Both agencies reportedly arrived at their conclusions for different reasons, with the sources declining to detail the new intelligence cited by the Energy Department.
In response to the Journal’s report, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, “There is a variety of views in the intelligence community” and that the origin of COVID-19 remained under investigation. —>READ MORE HERE
Republicans erupt after Energy Dept reportedly says COVID-19 likely came from Chinese lab: ‘We need answers’:
Lab leak theory was dismissed as ‘fringe,’ ‘conspiracy’ at start of pandemic
Congressional Republicans erupted on Twitter Sunday afternoon after the U.S. Energy Department reportedly assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China.
The Energy Department, which was previously undecided on the origin of the pandemic, now joins the FBI’s stance that the coronavirus likely spread due to a mishap at a Chinese laboratory, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress.
The lab leak theory, or the theory that the virus came from a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, was widely dismissed as a conspiracy theory and “misinformation” by Democrats, major news outlets, scientists and social media companies in the early stages of the pandemic.
Now, Republicans are calling for accountability from the Chinese Communist Party as evidence mounts that it is to blame for the pandemic.
“Re. China’s lab leak, being proven right doesn’t matter,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., tweeted. “What matters is holding the Chinese Communist Party accountable so this doesn’t happen again.” —>READ MORE HERE
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