A new surge of interest has revived the lab-leak theory. Well over a year since a novel coronavirus began to spread in Wuhan, the idea that the deadly outbreak could be linked to a virus research center in the Chinese city has lingered, unproven but not eliminated.
Although the resurgent chatter may suggest new clues or proof, the inverse is in fact true. It is the persistent absence of any convincing evidence either for or against the theory that has prompted calls for more investigation.
President Biden said Wednesday that the U.S. intelligence community does “not believe there is sufficient information” to fully understand the likelihood of different scenarios for explaining the origin of the virus that causes covid-19.
The lab-leak theory emerged in January 2020, when the virus was still mostly confined to China and had killed hundreds, rather than millions.
Links between WIV and the virus were floated in right-wing news organizations like the Washington Times, while former White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon questioned whether there was a link between the virus and “bioweapons research” in China.
Experts quickly dismissed the idea that the coronavirus was intentionally developed as a bioweapon, but vaguer questions about the link between WIV and the virus, including those asked by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in February 2020, were harder to answer.
In April 2020, journalists including The Washington Post’s David Ignatius and Josh Rogin suggested that a bat virus being studied in potentially risky experiments could have escaped the lab.
We will probably never have proof because China is a very autocratic government that refuses to let objective people investigate. And sadly, WHO is no longer objective.
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Wayne Harrison wrote: A new surge of interest has revived the lab-leak theory. Well over a year since a novel coronavirus began to spread in Wuhan, the idea that the deadly outbreak could be linked to a virus research center in the Chinese city has lingered, unproven but not eliminated.
That theory was not proven, nor was the wet market theory because there was no investigation. That didn't stop the media from telling everyone that the lab theory was 'debunked". You and I know full well that the lab theory was mocked because Trump said that's what happened. Why do you think none of the MSM was interested in pushing for an investigation into the most damaging pandemic in our lifetime? The media is supposed to be our watchdogs for truth, yet they were derelict in their duties to the people. Now that more truth is coming out, they backpedal but never admit how negligent they really were.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
