Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, long suspected of being the starting point for the COVID-9 pandemic that has killed millions …
Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, long suspected of being the starting point for the COVID-9 pandemic that has killed millions worldwide, took ill and sought hospital care before the outbreak was revealed, a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report confirms. The report was cited by a report in the Wall Street Journal, which explained the information could « add weight to growing calls for a fuller probe of whether the COVID-19 virus may have escaped from the laboratory. » The Journal reported the intel document goes beyond a State Department fact sheet that was released by the Trump administration that confirmed researchers at the lab got sick in fall 2019 « with symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illness. » The report said the illnesses were reported by three researchers at the center that works with coronaviruses and other pathogens. « Current and former officials familiar with the intelligence about the lab researchers expressed differing views about the strength of the supporting evidence for the assessment.
