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Dr Anthony Fauci is “not convinced” COVID-19 developed naturally and says investigation should continue until the world knows “exactly what happened”.
America's top infectious diseases expert made the remarks during a Poynter event called United Facts of America: A Festival of Fact-Checking. Dr Fauci was asked if he was still confident that COVID-19 developed naturally. “No, actually,” he said. “No, I’m not convinced about that, I think that we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we find out, to the best of our ability, exactly what happened.
“Certainly, the people who’ve investigated it say it likely was the emergence from an animal reservoir that then infected individuals, but it could have been something else, and we need to find that out.
“That’s the reason why I’m perfectly in favour of any investigation that looks into the origin of the virus.”
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Researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology became so ill in November 2019 that they required hospital treatment, the Wall Street Journal has reported as the international community continues to probe Covid-19's origins.
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One source told the Wall Street Journal that the intelligence was provided by a foreign ally and could be significant but required further verification. Another person familiar with the matter described the information as coming from various sources, adding that the intelligence was of “exquisite quality” and “very precise.” However, the individual acknowledged that the intelligence did not reveal why the researchers fell ill. Notably, a State Department document issued during the final days of Donald Trump’s administration said several researchers from the institute became sick in the fall of 2019 with symptoms associated with Covid-19, as well as more common seasonal illnesses.
According to the Journal, President Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t disputed the claim that Wuhan researchers fell ill weeks before the Covid-19 outbreak was made public. But one administration official told the paper that Trump’s government had “put spin on the ball” by interpreting the intelligence as clear evidence that the virus came from the laboratory. Several other current US officials said the information was “circumstantial” but worthy of further investigation.....RT