A Lab Leak in China Most Likely Origin of Covid Pandemic, Energy Department Says

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dasherchan on February 26th, 2023 at 19:05 UTC »

Regardless it was a lab leak or not, Chinese Government mishandled it. They silenced the doctor who leaked the story.

ApatheticWithoutTheA on February 26th, 2023 at 16:26 UTC »

So, after reading the article, we still know exactly nothing.

Some think it was from bat soup, others think it was a lab leak. That’s exactly where we were when this started.

Edit: Jesus, please stop blowing up my comments with whatever vindication you feel now after being suspended on Social Media. I really don’t know what to tell you if you don’t understand the concept of waiting for all of the information before spreading a rumor that, at the time, had very little qualitative evidence.

Buck_Thorn on February 26th, 2023 at 14:42 UTC »

The new report highlights how different parts of the intelligence community have arrived at disparate judgments about the pandemic’s origin. The Energy Department now joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a Chinese laboratory. Four other agencies, along with a national intelligence panel, still judge that it was likely the result of a natural transmission, and two are undecided.