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Hmm..
Few people are buying this rapid dismissal of a plausible source for the viral outbreak.
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And, what did they base this conclusion on? Mostly the word of the Chinese.On Tuesday, the World Health Organization released a joint report with Beijing on the origins of the pandemic following a four-week investigation in China. It concluded, among other things, that the lab leak hypothesis was "extremely unlikely."
Theory That COVID Came From A Chinese Lab Takes On New Life In Wake Of WHO Report
Some scientists worry the possibility the coronavirus escaped from research facilities hasn't gotten enough scrutiny. Others say it appears far more likely to have emerged naturally.
www.npr.org
For its part, the Biden administration joined 13 other governments to criticize the WHO report and call for more openness from China on Tuesday. In a joint statement, they did not mention the lab leak theory, but Biden hasn't ruled it out.
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We definably should not be eliminating the lab escape theory simply on the word of people who we all know are out to cover their own ass."I think the administration has made it pretty clear that given the lack of Chinese transparency, it is not comfortable eliminating the lab escape theory," said Elizabeth Economy, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.