The theory that the coronavirus originated from a laboratory in Wuhan is supported by the FBI — while many other US agencies are skeptical. Now the World Health Organization is asking the United States to share what it knows.
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a call on Friday for all countries to share relevant information about where the coronavirus originated.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that if any country has information about the origin of the pandemic, it is imperative that it share this information with the World Health Organization and the international research community.
The theory that the coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan has received unexpected support in a confidential report The Wall Street Journal Write that they have knowledge.
The report was prepared by the US Department of Energy, one of 18 agencies that make up the country’s intelligence community.
On Tuesday, FB director Christopher Wray gave his approval of the outcome in an interview with Fox News.
The FBI has long considered the origin of the epidemic to be a possible accident at a laboratory in Wuhan, says Ray.
– Here we are talking about a possible leak from a state-controlled Chinese laboratory, he adds.
China strongly denies these allegations.
– By reviving the laboratory theory, the United States will not succeed in discrediting China, it will only harm its credibility, says Ning Mao, spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Discord in the intelligence community
However, the DOE conclusion classifies it as “low security,” as opposed to medium or high security.
This means that the information is not reliable enough or is too fragmented to draw more definite conclusions, According to CNN.
Most other agencies in the United States believe the virus likely originated from animal-to-human transmission.
This theory also has the greatest support in the international research community.
Two other agencies, including the CIA, have not decided.
Although the US intelligence community was divided, they nonetheless agreed on three key points in one General report From 2021:
- The virus was not developed as a biological weapon.
- Most of the agencies believed that the virus was not produced through genetic modification (two of the agencies thought there was not enough evidence to conclude either way).
- The Chinese authorities had no prior knowledge of the virus prior to the outbreak.
At the same time, the US intelligence community agrees that China has not shown a satisfactory willingness to cooperate in investigations into how the virus evolved.
You want to access the data
WHO Director-General Tedros emphasized that the WHO did not want to assign blame, but rather the desire was to gain a better understanding of how the pandemic began, “so that we can prevent, prepare for and prevent future epidemics and epidemics.”
When politics gets involved in investigating the virus’ origins, the consequences are that research work becomes more difficult, and the world less safe, a WHO summit warns.
– The World Health Organization calls on China to be transparent in sharing data, conducting necessary investigations and sharing results, says Tedros.
Until they do, all hypotheses about the origin of the coronavirus are still on the table, he adds.
The organization also asked the United States for more information. So far, the WHO has not been granted access to the data on which the report is based, according to it Watchman.
More than 6.8 million deaths worldwide have been linked to the coronavirus and more than 758 million cases of infection, according to WHO figures.
At the same time, they acknowledge that the real number is probably much higher.
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