Biden Admin Suppressed Intel Officials’ Views That Supported COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory: Report; 25% of Remote Workers Say Their Social Skills Have Declined While Working From Home: Survey, and other C-Virus related stories

Biden admin suppressed intel officials’ views that supported COVID-19 lab leak theory: report:

Members of the U.S. intelligence community who believed that the coronavirus may have originated from a lab leak in China were blocked from sharing their opinions and research with the broader intel community, according to sources inside the FBI and other government officials familiar with the Biden administration’s internal efforts during the pandemic.

In the first few months after COVID arrived in the U.S., the prevailing view within the Biden administration was that COVID-19 most likely originated organically in Wuhan, China, and was transferred to humans from infected animals. They said this was potentially due to the country’s under-regulated and extensive wildlife trade. This viewpoint was opposed by a much smaller group within the intel community, who believed a purposeful or accidental lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology was the likely cause of the outbreak.

Now, it has come to light in a new Wall Street Journal report that some of those officials who believed in the likelihood of a COVID-19 lab-leak theory were reportedly blocked by the Biden administration from sharing their viewpoints with the president and other intelligence community leaders.

Early in Joe Biden’s presidency, he tasked the U.S. intelligence community with preparing a report on their most updated analysis on the origins of the coronavirus. The report came amid China’s blocking of U.S. officials’ access to the Wuhan Institute, preventing them from adequately studying the virus’ origins.

Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan as members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the coronavirus made a visit to the institute in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)

At the time, the FBI was the only government agency concluding that a lab leak origin theory was most likely.

Yet, according to FBI senior scientist Jason Bannan, who was tasked with helping lead the agency’s investigation into COVID-19’s origins, neither he nor any of his agency counterparts were invited to share their assessment during an August 2021 briefing with the president, led by the White House’s National Intelligence Council, that sought to share the intel community’s position on natural versus artificial origins of COVID-19. —>READ MORE HERE

25% of remote workers say their social skills have declined while working from home: survey:

This isn’t working out.

Remote work policies ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a serious toll on employees’ social and emotional well-being, a new study found.

A shocking 25% of remote workers say their social skills declined since going fully remote, with millennials being the most susceptible to the harms of telecommuting, a ResumeBuilder.com survey of 1,000 US workers found.

Transitioning to a remote set-up full time has many employees struggling with behaviors and norms expected in social settings, including initiating conversations (18%), maintaining eye contact (16%) and participating in group discussions (15%), the November study found.

Nearly one in five remote workers reported their overall mental health has taken a nosedive, with almost two-thirds citing a lack of social connection as contributing to their psychological decline, and 57% pointing to an increased sense of isolation.

Working outside of the office, however, has a positive impact for some, with about 38% reporting their mental health improved and 46% claiming it remained the same. —>READ MORE HERE

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