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COVID origins report says it’s ‘plausible’ virus leaked from Wuhan lab
NY Post ^ | 8/27/2021 | Steven Nelson

Posted on 08/28/2021 12:10:19 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom

An unclassified summary of the US intelligence community report on COVID-19 origins says it’s “plausible” the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China, and that it might be genetically engineered — but that investigators remain “divided.”

President Biden requested the review under pressure in May and said in a Friday afternoon statement that he wants China “to fully share information,” without identifying any coercive steps to achieve cooperation.

“The world deserves answers, and I will not rest until we get them,” Biden said. “Responsible nations do not shirk these kinds of responsibilities to the rest of the world. Pandemics do not respect international borders, and we all must better understand how COVID-19 came to be in order to prevent further pandemics.”

The report summary says that “the [intelligence community] remains divided on the most likely origin of COVID-19,” but that “[a]ll agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated incident.”

One US spy agency leans toward the explanation that the virus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

That agency “assesses with moderate confidence that the first human infection with SARS-CoV-2 most likely was the result of a laboratory-associated incident, probably involving experimentation, animal handling, or sampling by the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” the summary says.

“These analysts give weight to the inherently risky nature of work on coronaviruses.”

There was also uncertainty on whether it was genetically engineered.

“Most agencies also assess with low confidence that SARS-CoV-2 probably was not genetically engineered; however, two agencies believe there was not sufficient evidence to make an assessment either way,” the document says.

The two-page summary does not say which US spy agencies contributed analysis, but the review was expected to include the CIA and the National Security Agency, among others.

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In other words, another wishy-washy report that uses a few thousand paragraphs to say nothing that would offend their Chinese masters but lets Biden pretend his administration is doing something about it.
1 posted on 08/28/2021 12:10:19 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Make dementia joe get the shot.


2 posted on 08/28/2021 12:18:27 AM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Here’s my report: Fauci funded the Wuhan lab that caused the pandemic.


3 posted on 08/28/2021 12:26:33 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (No RINOs ever again! Remember 2020! No globalists ever again! Remember Afghanistan!)
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To say the rattlesnake didn’t bite the bat that attacked China?


4 posted on 08/28/2021 12:42:12 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: ArcadeQuarters

Bingo!


5 posted on 08/28/2021 1:16:28 AM PDT by Browns Ultra Fan (ua)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
GAME OF SPIES Chinese spymaster Dong Jingwei rumoured to have ‘defected to the West offering secrets about Covid origins & Wuhan lab’

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It has been reported that Dong may have handed over evidence on the Wuhan lab leak theory which prompted President Joe Biden's U-turn as he ordered the US to "redouble" its investigation.

Biden's people pretend not to know. They know. I know, and I'm just some guy.


6 posted on 08/28/2021 2:10:56 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
It is 'plausible' that the CCP-Coronavirus came from the Wuhan lab?


7 posted on 08/28/2021 2:32:09 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

says it’s “plausible” the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan

we think its plausible that china attacked us with a bio weapon and was helped by the enemies within this country and the globalists to get rid of trump, kill this country and bring it under their control


8 posted on 08/28/2021 2:41:08 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: ronnie raygun
I like your statement about the plausibility of “assistance from persons in this country”. If I were a betting person I'd bet all my money on that. The left is capable of anything including the murder of innocent Americans even their own family. All despots and tyrants throughout history have been mass murderers. One day we will know the truth of the worst deed ever committed in history.
9 posted on 08/28/2021 5:06:20 AM PDT by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly reccommend private school.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Investigators remain divided? All that means is at least one pro CCP person on the committee is sticking to the wet-market nonsense.


10 posted on 08/28/2021 5:32:35 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

A clue for the clueless.


11 posted on 08/28/2021 6:08:41 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/new-fauci-emails/


12 posted on 08/28/2021 7:01:28 AM PDT by DFG
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To: eyedigress

I have a sneaky feeling that your “shot” is not from a syringe.

Naughty, naughty.

Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.


13 posted on 08/28/2021 8:17:39 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo, WuhanFlu)
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To: ArcadeQuarters

Shake N Bake and Bill Gates helped.


14 posted on 08/28/2021 8:19:40 AM PDT by Rastus
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I am of the opinion that the evidence must be fairly damning if they were forced to admit it was “plausible”.


15 posted on 08/28/2021 9:28:49 AM PDT by taxcontrol (You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.)
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