COVID-19 Origin Mystery: CIA Now Backs Lab Leak Theory, Says COVID-19 Virus 'More Likely' To Have Emerged From Chinese Laboratory
The CIA said that the COVID-19 virus was "more likely" to have leaked from a Chinese laboratory than to have been transmitted by animals. "CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reportin." a CIA spokesperson said.
As the mystery over the origin of the COVID-19 virus continues, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States has now reportedly changed its official position on the origin of COVID-19. On Saturday, January 25, the CIA said that the COVID-19 virus was "more likely" to have leaked from a Chinese laboratory than to have been transmitted by animals. "CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reportin." a CIA spokesperson said as quoted by AFP. In the past, the agency did not make any determination on whether COVID-19 was unleashed by a laboratory mishap or spilt over from animals. New Pandemic Fears: Oxford Scientists Who Developed COVID-19 Vaccine Working on Bubonic Plague Vaccine As Military Experts Warn of Potential Black Death Outbreak, Says Report.
CIA Backs Lab Leak Theory
BREAKING: The New York Times reports that the CIA now 'favor lab leak theory' to explain the origins of COVID
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COVID-19 Likely Caused by Lab Leak
NEW: CIA believes Covid-19 likely caused by lab leak, NBC News reports
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