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2021-05-17 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Nunes wants answers from Biden and spy chief on Wuhan lab, gain-of-function research, and COVID-19's origins
[Washington Examiner] The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee is pushing President Joe Biden and his director of national intelligence to declassify intelligence related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carry out a full investigation into the origins of COVID-19, and release information about any U.S. funding for the Wuhan lab.

Officials from both the Trump and Biden administrations have said the Chinese government worked for over a year to thwart an independent investigation into the origins of the virus, which has killed 3.37 million people worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. Both administrations cast doubt on the manner in which the study from China and the World Health Organization was conducted in early 2021. Though the WHO-China report said a jump from animals to humans was most likely, Trump officials have pointed to an accidental escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology as a highly plausible origin for the pandemic.

A possibly related topic: Zero - Former Professor Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Using Federal Grants To Aid China’s Medical Research

Posted by Besoeker 2021-05-17 05:12|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top
 File under: Commies 

#1 The actual chances of this happening are quite remote. Could take USG 'contracting for services' to a diabolically new level.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-05-17 05:19||   2021-05-17 05:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Re the fleeing Chinese perfesser-perp:
He was arrested last May in Anchorage, Alaska, as he was preparing to board a charter flight to China in an attempt to flee the United States. When taken into custody, he was carrying multiple items, including two laptops, three cell phones, several USB drives, several bars of silver, expired Chinese passports for his family, and deeds for property in China.

If John Durham had been investigating this one, Prof. SilverBars would be ensconced in his Shanghai penthouse by now
Posted by Slereth Gonque9959 2021-05-17 05:51||   2021-05-17 05:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Chinese government worked for over a year to thwart an independent investigation into the origins of the virus

Obviously, they have nothing to hide! [disgusted sarcasm off]
Posted by Bobby 2021-05-17 11:32||   2021-05-17 11:32|| Front Page Top

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