``There is no direct evidence'' that the new corona came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in the United States reported, neither affirming nor denying the leaked theory of the laboratory, and postponed the conclusion
A report on the origin of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) created by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which oversees the US intelligence agency, was released to the public after declassification on June 23, 2023. . ODNI found no direct evidence that COVID-19 leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, China, in a concise report with a total of 10 pages, about 4 pages excluding the cover and table of contents. I reported.
Potential Links Between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Origin of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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What the US intelligence report on COVID-19's origins says - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
https://thebulletin.org/2023/06/what-the-us-intelligence-report-on-covid-19s-origins-says/
The report, ``On the connection between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic,'' released this time, was signed by President Joe Biden in March 2023. It has been declassified in accordance with the Viral Infectious Disease Origins Act .
In it, ODNI said, ``This report outlines the U.S. intelligence community's understanding of the realities and capabilities of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the behavior of its researchers, leading up to the early days of the pandemic. The two most likely hypotheses for the origin of SARS-CoV-2 are whether the initial human infection with SARS-CoV-2 was the result of natural exposure to infected animals, or whether it was laboratory-related. I will not discuss whether it is right or wrong,' and positions it as an inspection of the information that the United States has grasped.
According to the report, the Wuhan Institute of Virology has conducted extensive research on coronaviruses, including some in collaboration with persons associated with the People's Liberation Army, as well as research conducted before the discovery of SARS-CoV-2. It turns out that the development of a coronavirus vaccine was underway. The viruses studied also include '
However, ODNI said that these viruses are not genetically close enough to be the progenitor of SARS-CoV-2, and that 'pre-pandemic research by the Wuhan Institute of Virology did not support SARS-CoV-2 or its close relatives.' There is no indication that related species were involved, nor is there any direct evidence that a specific study involving Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers before the pandemic caused the COVID-19 pandemic.' rice field.
The report also noted that the Wuhan Institute of Virology did not take appropriate precautions based on biosafety levels during the pre-pandemic period, and some researchers were exposed to the virus while working with the SARS-like virus. It was also found that there was a danger and that several researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology became unwell in the fall of 2019, before the discovery of SARS-CoV-2.
However, although some of the symptoms presented by the researchers were consistent with COVID-19, there were also symptoms that were not of COVID-19, and some of the researchers showed symptoms similar to colds and allergies. Therefore, information that a researcher has become unwell is positioned neither to support nor to disprove any theory regarding the origin of SARS-CoV-2.
Based on this information, the views of each US intelligence agency are divided into three. First, five intelligence agencies, including the National Intelligence Council, concluded that 'SARS-CoV-2 first infected humans through natural exposure to animals harboring SARS-CoV-2 or a progenitor virus close to it. It is highly possible that there was.”
On the other hand, the Department of Energy and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the agencies that oversee national research in the United States, said that although the details differed, ``The first infection with SARS-CoV-2 may have been a laboratory-related incident. is expensive. This view is summarized in the article below.
A US government agency concludes that the new corona is ``most likely to have leaked from a Chinese laboratory''-GIGAZINE
Finally, two intelligence agencies, including the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), have reserved judgment on the exact origin of the pandemic as unknown. This is because both theories rely heavily on assumptions and both have conflicting information.
The report, which did not provide any new information or specific views on the origins of the pandemic, which has become a hot topic in the United States, has caused some disappointment and critical reactions. For example, Republican Rep. Kathy McMorris-Rogers, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said, 'Presenting just a 10-page summary as news is a huge understatement of the information the government has about the origins of COVID-19. It 's like smearing mud on the face of Americans who want transparency.'
In a tweet, Gary Ruskin, executive director of US Right to Know, a non-profit research organization, tweeted, 'ODNI has an inadequate and incomplete understanding of the link between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the COVID-19 pandemic. We have created a report that Congress must press ODNI for its failure to comply with the 2023 Novel Coronavirus Origins Act.'
ODNI has produced an underwhelming, incomplete report on the potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Gary Ruskin (@garyruskin) June 24, 2023
Congress must tell ODNI that it didn't obey the COVID 19 Origin Act of 2023, and keep ODNI's feet to the fire. https://t.co/Q65jOieJKZ
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