At the end of January 2020, I was sitting by the fireplace in a London pub reading the Daily Mail to distract myself from a dry cough that wouldn’t go away.
The tabloid articles warned of a new coronavirus that would shake the world. The tabloid also hinted that the virus could have originated in a lab in Wuhan, China. I found the story sensational. So when I returned to the United States, I was struck by the temporary way the concept of a lab leak took hold.
Since then, Alex Jones and conspiracy theorists have spread this idea.
But on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal presented new legitimacy to the theory.
According to the newspaper, the U. S. Department of Energy has been in the process of the U. S. Department of Energy. The U. S. Department of Health concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
[More: COVID-19 Pandemic Peak Likely Started with a Lab Leak, According to the U. S. Department of Energy. UU. ]
The resolution was made with “low confidence,” the outlet reported. A plethora of federal agencies disagree with the determination. But the department’s clinical expertise makes disclosure substantial.
Republicans seized on the revelation and asked President Biden to provide more information. However, the White House has refused to verify (or deny) the Journal’s reports and continues to point out that U. S. intelligence agencies are not in the process of verifying (or denying) the Journal’s reports. UU. no have reached a consensus.
Will China or the Biden administration provide more clarity?
Hi guys, my call is Erin B. Logan. I cover L. A. national politics. This week, we’re going to talk about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, many have criticized China for its lack of transparency. The country’s leaders waited six days to warn the world of a highly likely pandemic, The Associated Press reported.
The initial (and official) story that the virus had passed from an animal sold at a rainy market in Wuhan, China.
When Biden took office in 2021, he asked his management about the origins of the pandemic in hopes of avoiding another.
In 2021, the FBI believed the virus had fled the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Other agencies disagree.
But the Energy Department’s conclusion is because the branch “has abundant clinical experience and oversees a network of U. S. national laboratories. “Some of which conduct complex biological research,” the Wall Street Journal article notes.
[Read more: Did the coronavirus escape from a lab?The concept deserves a momentary look, scientists say. ]
The call calls for more transparency and more research.
In a statement, Wisconsin Republican Party Rep. Mike Gallagher called on Biden to declassify the data so the public can be more informed.
“While the evidence is obviously piling up in favor of the lab leak hypothesis, the other American people deserve full transparency from the federal government about the origins of COVID-19,” Gallagher said. “To save them from the next pandemic, we want to know how it started. “
Many in Washington are calling for transparency from China.
(The World Health Organization has reportedly abandoned plans for a more thorough investigation into the origins of the pandemic after China said it would block scientists from entering the country to conduct research. )
Nicholas Burns, the U. S. ambassador The US in China called on China to “be fairer to what happened 3 years ago in Wuhan than to the Covid-19 crisis. “
On Monday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby noted that Biden had asked the federal government about the origins of the pandemic and that the administration had not yet reached a consensus.
Kirby said Biden believes it is vital to avoiding pandemics in the long term and that employing new technologies and techniques is key to learning more about viruses. Biden, however, “also believes this study should be conducted safely and safely. “transparent as you can imagine to the rest of the world so everyone knows what’s going on,” Kirby said.
He added, “The president thinks it’s important that we continue this work and find out how it started to avoid a long-term pandemic. “
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Erin B. Logan is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Her paintings have appeared in The Washington Post, National Public Radio and the Baltimore Sun. In the past he studied at Vanderbilt University and American University. Although it was founded in Washington, it is a true southerner in the center and is looking for an original sweet tea.
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