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| Covid-19 origins may never be known, US intelligence agencies say |
| 2021-10-30 |
| [BBC] US intelligence agencies say they may never be able to identify the origins of Covid-19, but they have concluded it was not created as a biological weapon. In an updated assessment of where the virus began, the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said an animal-to-human transmission and a lab leak were both plausible hypotheses for how it spread. But there was not enough information to reach a definitive conclusion. China has criticised the report. The findings were published in a declassified report which is an update of a 90-day review that President Joe Biden's administration released in August. It said the intelligence community remains divided on the most likely origin of the virus. Four agencies assessed with "low confidence" it had originated with an infected animal or a related virus. But one agency said it had "moderate confidence" that the first human infection most likely was the result of a laboratory accident, probably involving experimentation or animal handling by the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The report also said Chinese officials were unaware of the existence of the virus before the initial outbreak of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan, in late 2019. But it said China was continuing to hinder the global investigation and to resist sharing information. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #16 Deja vu for some of us |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-10-30 23:13 |
| #15 Liars. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2021-10-30 22:43 |
| #14 Bollocks. There are only 2 possibilities: man made, or natural. If it were natural there wouldn't be anything to hide or reason to hide it. |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2021-10-30 20:53 |
| #13 Or 'Covid-19 origins will never be known, if our security protocols work.' |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-10-30 15:19 |
| #12 I'm with my man Bill aka William of Occam. Bill would agree with NMBS #10, above. |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-10-30 15:00 |
| #11 So we'll never know , but they're sure it's not (or was not intended to be) a biological weapon? Did I get that right? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-10-30 14:23 |
| #10 My sense is that the bioweapon was released in some accidental or preliminary and modest test form and the epidemic that ensued ws wholly of a scale beyond expectations. Once it blossomed, the CCP PLA decided to go all in and sought to spread it worldwide even more effectively. Unclear how many variants might have been additonal releases or if they are refining the virus to have demographic specific efficacy. But, it is clear that our own internal Marxists and their CCP allies have explored all the ways this enables the destabilization of the "Main Enemy". For the IC to not confirm the source and their refusal to do so shows how compromised they are and wholly in need of radical reformation/reduction/relocation/reeducation to again become the servants of the Republic.....and I want a pony! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2021-10-30 13:36 |
| #9 But it said China was continuing to hinder the global investigation and to resist sharing information. This is the key sentence. Why would the Chinese refuse to cooperate with an investigation unless they were guilty? Why even bother with an investigation if you do not have access to the facts? Why not just put Fauxi in jail for lying to Congress about it? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-10-30 13:28 |
| #8 When you can't trust your intel, you must trust your instincts. My instincts tell me that Covid-19 is a bio-weapon developed by the CCP with help from Dr. Fauci and deliberately released to help the Democrats cover their cheating in the 2020 election. No, I have no proof of this assertion. I do not have the vast resources of the US intel community. But my nose always tells me when something stinks. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-10-30 13:24 |
| #7 Pardon me. Giskes. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2021-10-30 13:01 |
| #6 Just a bunch of traitors repeating what Giske told them to say. Giske whips our ass again. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2021-10-30 12:57 |
| #5 Credibility is totally shot. My vote is no confidence. |
| Posted by: Dale 2021-10-30 12:45 |
| #4 47 year old CNN analyst dies after second jab. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-10-30 12:36 |
| #3 Fog, arriving. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-10-30 12:02 |
| #2 ^ The intelligence community would do something like that? I'm shocked at the suggestion, just plain shocked. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-10-30 11:33 |
#1  The wheel wasn't invented with the Maserati Ghibli in mind either, but the Ghibli makes fairly effective use of them.I'll just take a wild guess and say the intelligence community knows full well the origins of the virus, but has decided we have 'no need to know.' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-10-30 09:47 |