Origins of COVID-19 Please read (pages 2-3 of linked documen | Ivan E Raiklin 🇺🇸 ☝🏽

Origins of COVID-19

Please read (pages 2-3 of linked document) as you await your favorite speaker at the Defeat the Mandates Rally in Los Angeles later today. Particularly before listening to Dr. Theresa Long and Dr. Pete Chambers speak.

KEY TAKE AWAYS:
"The IC assesses that COVID-19, probably emerged and infected humans through an initial small-scale exposure that occurred no later than November 2019 with the first known cluster of cases arising in Wuhan, China in December 2019.

Two agencies believe there was not sufficient evidence to make an assessment of whether or not COVID-19 was developed as a biological weapon and whether or not it was genetically engineered. The IC remains divided on the most likely origin of COVID-19. All agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated incident.

- One IC element assesses with moderate confidence that the first human infection with SARS-CoV-2 most likely was the result of a laboratory-associated incident, probably involving experimentation, animal handling, or sampling by the Wuhan Institute of Virology. These analysts give weight to the inherently risky nature of work on coronaviruses.

- Some analysts at three IC elements favor a laboratory origin.

- Variations in analytic views largely stem from differences in how agencies weigh intelligence reporting and scientific publications and intelligence and scientific gaps.

The IC judges they will be unable to provide a more definitive explanation for the origin of COVID-19 unless new information allows them to determine the specific pathway for initial natural contact with an animal or to determine that a laboratory in Wuhan was handling SARS-CoV-2 or a close progenitor virus before COVID-19 emerged.

- The IC—and the global scientific community—lacks clinical samples or a complete understanding of epidemiological data from the earliest COVID-19 cases. If we obtain information on the earliest cases that identified a location of interest or occupational exposure, it may alter our evaluation of hypotheses. China’s cooperation most likely would be needed to reach a conclusive assessment of the origins of COVID-19.

Beijing continues to hinder the global investigation, resist sharing information, and blame other countries."