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Ensuring a transparent, thorough investigation of Covid-19’s origin

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Re: Ensuring a transparent, thorough investigation of Covid-19’s origin

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The new part is the assertion that lab researchers got sick in the fall of 2019.

This is consistent with evidence of the virus in Italy in the same time period.

Due to the large number of Chinese working in Italy, there was a direct flight between Italy and Wuhan at the time.

The new Biden administration has no reason to cover this up further, due to the obvious danger that another pandemic results from a lab accident involving designer lethal virus.

Re: Ensuring a transparent, thorough investigation of Covid-19’s origin

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The State Department does not have the credibility to make statements like this right now.

The truth track record of State Department is still much better than that of CCP.

> The truth track record of State Department is still much better than that of CCP.

Maybe over the long run, but maybe not the current State Department at this moment. IIRC, over the last month it's literally been trying to stir up shit however it can to make things difficult for the incoming Biden administration.

The current administration seems to think it makes sense to burn US national credibility for petty, self-interested not-even-wins.

Re: Ensuring a transparent, thorough investigation of Covid-19’s origin

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The United States government has reason to believe that several researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, before the first identified case of the outbreak, with symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illnesses.

I'd wager several researchers in any research institution because sick in autumn 2019 and had symptoms consistent with common seasonal illness. And guess what new virus also has symptoms consistent with common seasonal illness...

Re: Ensuring a transparent, thorough investigation of Covid-19’s origin

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The truth track record of State Department is still much better than that of CCP.

> The truth track record of State Department is still much better than that of CCP. Maybe over the long run, but maybe not the current State Department at this moment. IIRC, over the last month it's literally been trying to stir up shit however it can to make things difficult for the incoming Biden administration. The current administration seems to think it makes sense to burn US national credibility for petty, self…

State department have warned about poor security at WIV before COVID-19 outbreak https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/state-dep...
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