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In reply to the discussion: Agency Says Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 [View all]hlthe2b
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At one time the US had 44 CDC workers in China, some in Wuhan. TFG reduced that to 0 in 2119.
panader0
Feb 2023
#1
Yeah! Why would the Dept of Energy investigate the origin of a medical outbreak?
Generic Brad
Feb 2023
#5
Because it has an office that is part of the United States Intelligence Community.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2023
#7
Jeffrey Sacks was commissioned by the Lancet to look into the origins of the virus
womanofthehills
Feb 2023
#44
"The Energy Department made its judgment with "low confidence," according to people who have read
hlthe2b
Feb 2023
#10
What people? Sometimes we have to close our own bio labs for violations
womanofthehills
Feb 2023
#21
This finding is being incorrectly reported. The headlines don't match the facts.
Nevilledog
Feb 2023
#41
Exactly and frankly their "evidence" is NOT biological. Low evidence is not at all worthy of the
hlthe2b
Feb 2023
#43
And they've never found that any lab had possessed a progenitor of SARS-CoV-2.
Nevilledog
Feb 2023
#52
What does the CDC say? And what is the Dept of Energy's expertise on this matter? n/t
pnwmom
Feb 2023
#31
from 19 months ago: Senior Biden officials finding that Covid lab leak theory as credible as natural
Celerity
Feb 2023
#59
I've always thought it was a lab leak. I've read a lot of books and literature about viruses prior
liberal_mama
Feb 2023
#51