Posted on 04/18/2020 9:42:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. is conducting a full-scale investigation into whether the novel coronavirus, which went on to morph into a global pandemic that has brought the global economy to its knees, escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, Fox News has learned.
Intelligence operatives are said to be gathering information about the laboratory and the initial outbreak of the virus. Intelligence analysts are piecing together a timeline of what the government knew and “creating an accurate picture of what happened,” the sources said.
Once that investigation is complete -- something that is expected to happen in the near-term -- the findings will be presented to the Trump administration. At that point White House policymakers and President Trump will use the findings to determine how to hold the country accountable for the pandemic.
Fox News first reported on Wednesday that there is increasing confidence that the outbreak likely originated in a Wuhan lab, not as a bioweapon but as part of a Chinese effort to show that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal or greater than those of the U.S.
U.S. officials and the intelligence community have confirmed to Fox News that they have taken the possibility of the coronavirus being man-made or engineered inside China as some sort of bioweapon off the table and have ruled it out at this point.
Sources point to the structure of the virus, in saying the genome mapping specifically shows it was not genetically altered. The sources believe the initial transmission of the virus was a naturally occurring strain that was being studied there -- and then went into the population in Wuhan.
Sources say the investigation of open source and classified data points to the work in the lab of Dr. Shi Zhengli, who was working on antivirals and...
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Still waiting for the Kavanaugh investigation and the coup attempt investigation.
Reminds me of how sloppy the soviets were getting with their nukes towards the end.
NOTHING works right or smooth under communism and anything can happen.
I think it leaked and then they went into huge cover up mode
much easier to detect chernobyl
An actual investigation of that lab would lead back to Dr. Fauci, yes?
Better start now, because one the DEMs retain the House and steal the Senate, nothing is ever getting done. And if they manage to ballot harvest their way to the presidency, we’re screwed.
*once
These are military intel and they likely may already or almost have the results. This was a bio-warfare attack. circumstantial and empirical evidence is overwhelming.
No, this is important.
There is no way this is going on without major push from the very top: in previous administrations, the word would be “cover for the CCP on this one, we don’t want trouble”. This President is going to find the truth and then he’s going to tell the world.
The CCP and their enablers in the west should be very worried right now.
“I think it leaked and then they went into huge cover up mode”
Along with the American Universities and their cohorts in the American media spreading the Chinese narrative of it not being a Chinese virus.
“...The CCP and their enablers in the west should be very worried right now....”
We want the names of the U.S. collaborators involved in this release. The names of those involved need to be made fully available to the public....watch em howl.
Chinese officials told US officials the coronavirus is natural and evolutionary and US officials told Fox news that the coronavirus is natural and evolutionary and Fox News told its viewers the coronavirus is natural and evolutionary.
Works for me!
schumer and others..the statements they made about Trump cancelling flights from China should be used by every Republican.
but they’re not so bright sometimes
Don’t buy the “Not man made” spin continually coming from the MSM.
China currently holds $1 Trillion of US Treasuries.
Cancel them.
Absolutely, cancel the $1trillion and give them the bill for $4 trillion or whatever the amount of damage is if it can be quantified. This is going to finish the ccp . They might start a war to try and retaliate against us for pushing them over the edge. They need to pay.
My study is complete and I learned that the answer is “Yes.”
Where do I send my invoice?
A question that will never be answered. Why bother? Assume it leaked from the lab and stop sending money to China for anything.
Hostage wrote:
“Chinese officials told US officials the coronavirus is natural and evolutionary and US officials told Fox news that the coronavirus is natural and evolutionary and Fox News told its viewers the coronavirus is natural and evolutionary.
Works for me!”
See revel’s post:
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3836617/posts?page=14#14
Why study bat viruses in the first place? Unless you are eating raw bat meat from the horseshoe bat...or are climbing around in that remote cave and get bitten by one the bats...there is ZERO chance that anyone would ever contract the virus.
😷⚰ The bat didn't cause the transmission. People caused the transmission.
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