[Epoch Times October 30, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Li Xin comprehensive report) The US intelligence community released a declassified investigation report on the origin of COVID-19 on Friday (29th). Intelligence officials said that unless there is an accidental breakthrough, Otherwise, they cannot determine whether COVID-19 was spread from animals to humans or leaked from the laboratory.
According to the Associated Press, the 17-page report released by the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) elaborated on the findings of the intelligence community’s investigations. In accordance with President Biden’s order, the US intelligence community conducted a 90-day investigation. However, the report said that the 17 intelligence agencies in the United States have disagreements on the source of COVID-19, but analysts believe that the virus was not developed as a biological weapon, and most intelligence agencies believe that the virus is not genetically engineered. .
When Biden ordered an investigation into the origin of COVID-19, the laboratory leak theory was receiving widespread attention. But despite global pressure, the CCP still refuses to cooperate with international investigations, which also makes investigations by the US intelligence community extremely difficult.
Senior intelligence officials who participated in the drafting of the report said they hope that the report will give the public a better understanding of the challenges in determining the source of the virus.
An official, who asked not to be named, said, “We think we are not only one or two reports away from being able to understand it.”
The complete investigation report pointed out that Wuhan Institute of Virology “previously created chimeras or combinations similar to SARS coronavirus, but this information does not provide insights on whether SARS-CoV-2 was genetically engineered by Wuhan Institute of Virology. “.
The report also said that researchers from the Wuhan Toxicology Institute’s laboratory had sought medical attention for respiratory diseases in November 2019, but with the information “cannot determine the origin of the pandemic.”
According to the report, the intelligence community no longer considers allegations that the CCP is conducting research on the virus as a biological weapon. The reason is that those who support this allegation “have not directly contacted the Wuhan Institute of Virology”, so the claims made by it are scientifically sound. Ineffective, or accused of spreading false information.
Four agencies in the intelligence community said they did not have much confidence in the view that the virus was originally transmitted from animals to humans. Another intelligence agency said it has moderate confidence that the first human case of infection is related to the laboratory.
Before writing the report, the analyst conducted the “Group A/Group B” debate referred to in the report, trying to strengthen or weaken each hypothesis.
According to Biden’s order in May, the US intelligence community submitted a report on the origin of COVID-19 in August after a 90-day investigation. But intelligence officials have been downplaying the possibility of reaching clear conclusions. They claimed that this was due to the lack of cooperation between the Chinese Communist government and the obfuscation of relevant data in the early stages.
The findings of the survey are still different from the conclusions made by the World Health Organization COVID-19 Origin Survey Group earlier this year. The WHO report stated that the virus was probably transmitted to humans from animals sold on the Wuhan market, which seems to deny the possibility that the virus originated in the laboratory of the Wuhan Toxin Institute.
However, this conclusion made by the WHO, which is deeply infiltrated by the CCP, has been refuted by many scientists, especially in the United States. It is against this background that Biden issued an order to the US intelligence community to investigate the origin of the virus again.
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