After the new CIA inquiry, China says ‘highly unlikely’ Covid-9 comes from a lab

The CIA says that it is now in favor of the so-called lab leak theory on natural infections on Monday that China dismissed the possibility that the virus was leaked from a labid-19 labs.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters, “The epidemic is very likely due to the lab leak.” It has been widely recognized by the international community, including the scientific community, “he said.

Mao has added that the joint China-WHO expert team has reached this conclusion from the field inspection.

Mao did not say where the virus originated, only scientists should give any verdict

The CIA on Saturday said they believed the virus came from a Chinese lab. The new evaluation, though it was done with low confidence, threw new fuels in the debate over the origin of Covid-1.

“The CIA with low confidence evaluates that a research-related source of the Covid-19 epidemic is based on a more possible reporting than a natural source.

“We have little confidence in this verdict and will continue to evaluate any available credible new intelligence report or open-source information that can change the CIA evaluation.”

Just a few days after the new CIA’s new director John Ratcliffe sworn in, the conclusion was rapidly revealed.

It comes even after the Biden Administration has ordered to review the source of the Covid-19, contributing to the division of the US government to whether the virus was naturally or from a lab accident.

Federal companies, including the Intelligence Community, did not come to a specific conclusion.

In 2023, a classified report of the Energy Department concludes with less confidence that the virus originated from a lab. In the same year, the FBI also said that a lab leak is more reasonable than natural exposure.

In 2021, the intelligence community indicates that they were divided into the source of the disease. A disrespectful summary report from the office of the National Intelligence Director states that both lab leakage theory and the theory of naturally occur are both commendable.

Four companies were less confidently evaluated that the virus jumped from wild animals to humans, when a company evaluated with moderate confidence that the epidemic was the result of a laboratory accident.

The decision to publish the latest CIA evaluation was made by Ratcliffe, who took oath on Thursday.

Detectives usually share their decisions with low, medium or high levels of confidence. It is unusual for intelligence agencies to promote evaluation with low confidence.

Ratcliffe has long been in favor of a lab leak and in the past questioned whether the CIA under Biden had reduced the theory for political reasons.

In an interview with Britwert News that was the first to take oath, Ratcliffe indicated that he did not want to “sit next to” debate about the source of CIA Covid-1.

“One of the many things I have talked about is to deal with China’s threats on various fronts, and why a million Americans died and why the Central Intelligence Agency has been sitting for five years. Don’t make an assessment about the source of Covid. It’s a day for me, “Ratcliffe told the outlet on the right.

But in an interview with Fox News later, he said the decision to publish the report was not political. Instead, it was an attempt to renew faith and spread transparency in intelligence agencies.

“I had an opportunity to evaluate publicly on the first day that actually happened in the Beden administration, so it cannot be accused of being political, and the CIA evaluated the most possible cause of this epidemic. A lab-related incident of Uhan was so devastated all over the world So we will take this to the forefront, “He” called the “Sunday Morning Future” host Maria.

“I think it was important for the American people that an organization like the CIA is to be truthful about what we show up and what we show our intelligence and at the same time protect us from opponents like China if they make it or contribute , “He added.

Ratcliffe did not say that there is a new evidence that has contributed to the CIA analysis and it is not clear what the latest evaluation means for US-China relationships. Some health experts continue to believe that the source does not matter, and the lack of transparency in China makes it almost impossible to find out.

Republicans in the Congress have long said that the virus has escaped from a lab.

The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen Tom Cotton (R-Rark.), Praised the new CIA’s new evaluation.

In a post on the Social Platform X, Cotton said, “I have said from the beginning that Covid probably originated in Uhan labs.” “I am satisfied that in the last days of the CIA biden administration, the lab-zik theory is the most logical explanation for the origin of Covid and I praise director Ratcliffe to fulfill the promise of this conclusion is to pay for China to spread the epidemic in the world. “

The new chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen Rand Paul (RK), has blamed former top federal infectious pathologist Anthony Faussie that he has been hiding a huge part to participate in what he says. . Even after Biden Fausi earlier, Paul insisted that he would continue the investigation.

A 520-page report published in December from the epidemic House Select subcommittee suggests that the virus “probably” has escaped from a lab in Uhan. It also accuses Faussie a false description of the virus source.