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98. U.S. INTEL not ruling out lab accident as covid origin

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 03:30 AM

Mar 2021

WASHINGTON — Despite a finding by the World Health Organization that the Covid-19 outbreak in China most likely first infected humans through an animal host, the United States is still not ruling out the possibility of a laboratory accident, as officials continue to sort through intelligence about the Chinese government’s initial handling of the outbreak, American and Western officials told NBC News.

A spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told NBC News the agency is standing by a public statement it issued in April, which said that American intelligence agencies "will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/u-s-still-hasn-t-completely-ruled-out-lab-accident-n1258032

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USA Today Opinion: Why the COVID lab-leak theory in Wuhan shouldn't be dismissed [View all] intrepidity Mar 2021 OP

OK, how about this: it just does not fucking matter. marble falls Mar 2021 #1

Um, yes, it absofuckinglutely does nt intrepidity Mar 2021 #4

The truth matters. Stop spreading lies. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #12

++++++++++++ hlthe2b Mar 2021 #16

Excuse me? What lies am I spreading? nt intrepidity Mar 2021 #36

The Wuhan BS is just to give Trump an out... Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #78

It matters BIG TIME - hundreds of bio level 3 and 4 labs labs in the world womanofthehills Mar 2021 #69

Except that the WHO did dismiss it after going to Wuhan! Initech Mar 2021 #2

However, intrepidity Mar 2021 #6

+1. Basically you don't need a "leak" if you're living in an area that is a reservoir dalton99a Mar 2021 #13

And you don't need a hypothetical undocumented spillover event intrepidity Mar 2021 #23

Thank you. nt live love laugh Mar 2021 #17

Peter Daszak was heading the WHO group has a BIG conflict of interest - financial ties with lab womanofthehills Mar 2021 #64

This was a long time back last year... Takket Mar 2021 #3

The poster has been provided scores of those links repeatedly in their multiple similar threads. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #8

That's the second I've seen today... Hekate Mar 2021 #37

There was a third posted that was hidden that appeared to have encouraged the OP hlthe2b Mar 2021 #38

Not saying it is man-made intrepidity Mar 2021 #10

Not an article. A right-wing opinion piece. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #14

In a bio-4 lab, gain-of-function could work the same as in the wild womanofthehills Mar 2021 #71

You keep posting this CT bullshit? WHY? When the world's leading virologists (CDC, WHO, EURO-CDC hlthe2b Mar 2021 #5

+1000 This is getting out of hand. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #7

+1 jcgoldie Mar 2021 #11

Obama closed our gain-of-function labs in 2014 - he was afraid womanofthehills Mar 2021 #56

It is NOT that an accident could not occur, it is that the genomic sequencing makes it clear it is hlthe2b Mar 2021 #59

Some scientists believe you can't say it didn't come from the lab - a lab with many safety issues womanofthehills Mar 2021 #95

The WHO found no evidence of any kind - they are just guessing & their leader funds the lab womanofthehills Mar 2021 #72

Why do you have a bug up your butt about this? Ocelot II Mar 2021 #9

Because of the resistence that I'm seeing and experiencing intrepidity Mar 2021 #15

It is always the uninformed that fall for these theories. Do yourself a favor hlthe2b Mar 2021 #18

Wujan conducting risky studies on coronaviruses from bats - state dept warns Washington womanofthehills Mar 2021 #96

Maybe there's a reason for the overwhelming resistance? 🤔 live love laugh Mar 2021 #19

Knee-jerk-because-Trump-blah-blah intrepidity Mar 2021 #24

It has nothing to do with Trump fucking it up jcgoldie Mar 2021 #27

I meant, because Trump supports the lab leak theory intrepidity Mar 2021 #30

The Wujan lab got grants under Trump and Obama womanofthehills Mar 2021 #73

It is highly disturbing to me that you keep spreading this sort of Right wing nonsense. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #82

U.S. INTEL not ruling out lab accident as covid origin womanofthehills Mar 2021 #98

International Researchers Conclude COVID-19 is Not Man-Made hlthe2b Mar 2021 #20

But , but , but , but, but - our director of National Intelligence womanofthehills Mar 2021 #99

This is at least your third post pushing the Phoenix61 Mar 2021 #21

+!! speak easy Mar 2021 #57

The coronavirus was not engineered in a lab. Here's how we know. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #22

STRAW MAN ALERT intrepidity Mar 2021 #51

Your repeated CT posts as propagated by Q-anon, RW media and malign foreign actors say as much hlthe2b Mar 2021 #52

If anthrax can escape from our labs, why can't Sars excape from theirs? womanofthehills Mar 2021 #74

so, not the damned point. Please do some reading. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #80

I have no kooky conspiracy crap - I can give you a good source for all womanofthehills Mar 2021 #86

Our bio labs are a MESS - and dangerous but you think China's lab is really safe! womanofthehills Mar 2021 #88

Because you meant it happened spontainiously or with a magic wand? marble falls Mar 2021 #65

The labs are NOT engineering the SARS virus - they were doing gain-of-function research womanofthehills Mar 2021 #77

Yes. some are claiming this. Kindly read the damned thread. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #79

USA Today opinion EYESORE 9001 Mar 2021 #25

Yes. OPINION piece--just as the WAPO article cited earlier was a OPINION piece not an editorial hlthe2b Mar 2021 #29

SARS-CoV-2, virus that causes COVID-19, shows zero evidence of being artificially engineered hlthe2b Mar 2021 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author roamer65 Mar 2021 #53

I know you won't read it, but here is the actual study that debunks this crap hlthe2b Mar 2021 #28

Forgive me for asking genxlib Mar 2021 #32

Supposedly, they do gain-of-function research to prepare for this happening in the wild womanofthehills Mar 2021 #76

Sorry, genxlib Mar 2021 #33

+1. "We do not believe that ANY type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible" dalton99a Mar 2021 #34

Then why was Obama so worried about a Sars pandemic caused by a lab escape? - article from 2014 womanofthehills Mar 2021 #75

We'll see how much integrity you have intrepidity Mar 2021 #40

You clearly did not understand nor comprehend it nor the methods used. That is why I hlthe2b Mar 2021 #45

OMG! Has Washington Post gone to the other side - are they Q-Anon? womanofthehills Mar 2021 #81

You don't even know what's going on because you keep posting without reading. WAPO posted hlthe2b Mar 2021 #83

Bye. The world is not black and white. womanofthehills Mar 2021 #93

Everyone please alert on the multiple conspiracy posts torius Mar 2021 #31

I've been alerting - some have been removed but this one seems to persist. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #39

Thank you torius Mar 2021 #42

Well at least now I know who to credit for the numerous posts intrepidity Mar 2021 #43

You're welcome. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #46

I provided you the Atlantic Council's indepth report that this CT is being pushed via Q-anon & RW hlthe2b Mar 2021 #47

Could you repost the link to the Atalantic, I'm getting an error. tia uponit7771 Mar 2021 #62

Full report pdf and Axios summary hlthe2b Mar 2021 #66

thx !!! uponit7771 Mar 2021 #68

I alerted too, kooky garbage. sarcasmo Mar 2021 #50

I think with so many bio 3 and bio 4 labs in the US, this is an important topic - womanofthehills Mar 2021 #85

Why is it harmful to talk about where a virus might have come from? womanofthehills Mar 2021 #94

How many times are you going to post this nonsense? PSPS Mar 2021 #35

See here, if you are really interested in the explanation intrepidity Mar 2021 #48

Here you.. it'll help with your hat nini Mar 2021 #67

Atl Council confirms: false assertion COVID-19 purposefully leaked from a China lab seeded RW media hlthe2b Mar 2021 #41

Crackpot, conspiracy, opinion pieces are allowed now? sarcasmo Mar 2021 #44

Yes. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #49

The virus made the zoonotic transfer, period. roamer65 Mar 2021 #54

So Covid escaped from a lab... ibegurpard Mar 2021 #55

Because some RW nuts out there want to start a war with China. roamer65 Mar 2021 #58

There are already more then enough things to criticize China on JI7 Mar 2021 #60

Yes, Tibet, the Uyghurs and the South China Sea. roamer65 Mar 2021 #70

Not enough to start a war in my opinion...a war with China would be disasterous. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #84

Yes, it would. roamer65 Mar 2021 #87

Pretty much ibegurpard Mar 2021 #61

Yup. roamer65 Mar 2021 #63

No one said the Chinese did it on purpose or it came from lab womanofthehills Mar 2021 #90

I have heard and read some Dumpist crap that it was intentionally released. roamer65 Mar 2021 #92

It has been ruled out by nearly all virologists. torius Mar 2021 #101

The point is - the US labs and world bio labs are dangerous with lots of leaks womanofthehills Mar 2021 #89

This message was self-deleted by its author ibegurpard Mar 2021 #97

The push back is due to black and white thinking. There's a middle ground ecstatic Mar 2021 #91

It's due to virologists from all over torius Mar 2021 #102

This is interesting - just a side note - Galveston Lab & Wujan lab are like sister labs womanofthehills Mar 2021 #100