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(READ: UNCLASSIFIED summary) Intel assessment on Covid-19 origins

Dated: August 27, 2021 by Sharyl Attkisson 7 Comments

      

As widely expected, the Intelligence Community (IC) assessment of Covid-19 origins fails to conclusively answer much of anything.

On some points in the assessment, such as whether Covid-19 was genetically engineered, there is broad disagreement with scientists who say the evidence shows man's intervention.

The assessment also gives China the benefit of the doubt, guessing that Covid-19 was not developed by the Communist Chinese as part of a weapons program and that the Communist Chinese had no advance knowledge of the disaster.

Sources say that early in the pandemic, government scientists who examined the genetics of the virus concluded Covid-19 was genetically engineered, but they were not authorized to announce those findings.

Meantime, questions about whether it originated in the Wuhan, China biolab; whose scientists had received funding and partnered with Dr. Anthony Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and other components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); were falsely termed "debunked conspiracy theories" and censored on social media and on the Internet. When President Trump raised the possibility, the media falsely claimed the idea had been debunked.

A World Health Organization (WHO) team sent to investigate in China included a controversial scientist with a conflict of interest. Peter Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance was also part of the U.S.-Chinese partnerships on coronavirus research and "gain-of-function" studies funded by U.S. tax money and approved by Fauci.

The WHO team initially concluded the virus did not come from the Wuhan lab. But amid growing controversy, WHO officials and others expressed the need to look further.

As more scientists spoke out to validate the "lab origin" belief, it was widely acknowledged that it had been a mistake to say the idea was disproven or debunked.

After Joe Biden took office, he asked for an assessment from the Intelligence Community, which has been known for markedly wrong intelligence assessments on important issues in recent years.

The following is the Unclassified Summary of the report.

Summary of Assessment on Covid-19 Origins

Key Takeaways

The IC assesses that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes 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 COVID-19 cases arising in Wuhan, China in December 2019. In addition, the IC was able to reach broad agreement on several other key issues. We judge the virus was not developed as a biological weapon. Most agencies also assess with low confidence that SARS-CoV-2 probably was not genetically engineered; however, two agencies believe there was not sufficient evidence to make an assessment either way. Finally, the IC assesses Chinaโ€™s officials did not have foreknowledge of the virus before the initial outbreak of COVID-19 emerged.

After examining all available intelligence reporting and other information, though, 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.

  • ๏‚ท  Four IC elements and the National Intelligence Council assess with low confidence that the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection was most likely caused by natural exposure to an animal infected with it or a close progenitor virusโ€”a virus that probably would be more than 99 percent similar to SARS-CoV-2. These analysts give weight to Chinaโ€™s officialsโ€™ lack of foreknowledge, the numerous vectors for natural exposure, and other factors.
  • ๏‚ท  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.
  • ๏‚ท  Analysts at three IC elements remain unable to coalesce around either explanation without additional information, with some analysts favoring natural origin, others a laboratory origin, and some seeing the hypotheses as equally likely.
  • ๏‚ท  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.

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๏‚ท The ICโ€”and the global scientific communityโ€”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.

Chinaโ€™s cooperation most likely would be needed to reach a conclusive assessment of the origins of COVID-19. Beijing, however, continues to hinder the global investigation, resist sharing information and blame other countries, including the United States. These actions reflect, in part, Chinaโ€™s governmentโ€™s own uncertainty about where an investigation could lead as well as its frustration the international community is using the issue to exert political pressure on China.


      
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  1. Read it says

    August 27, 2021 at 9:32 pm

    https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/medicine/was-the-origin-of-covid-from-a-canadian-lab/

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  2. Peter Eierdal says

    August 28, 2021 at 5:13 am

    Hi Sharyl.

    I'd like to refer your attention to a citizens journalist, George Webb, and his team of colleagues, who have studied this Covid/bioweapon/gene therapy debacle. They have gone far beyond scratching the surface for the past 5-6 years. Please pay good attention to this.
    Twitter: @RealGeorgeWebb1
    website: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neighborhood-news-studio/id1494786720
    Youtube(shut down 20 times): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkggqPSSfpbaAID2nKZr9SA/videos

    Thanks for your participation in restoring sanity...
    Peter/Denmark

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  3. Harry Hallstrom says

    August 28, 2021 at 10:49 am

    Here's how it most likely happened.......based on the following.
    1. Enough evidence to say it came out of a L3evel 4 lab.
    2. The CCP is known as not forthcoming. Why?
    2a. They will look foolish.
    2b. They would be condemned worldwide if they spoke the truth.
    3. There are satellite images of the hospitals(s) in Wuhan parking lots filled to max way before Dec 2019. Read between the lines on why.
    4. The virus was most likely spread by infected personal & the true implications not know in advance.

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  4. Tom says

    August 28, 2021 at 11:06 am

    If the government would just state that certain situations will be stalled and studied until most of the public forgets about, we could save much tax payer money. We all knew, with the Bidens working for Beijing, this study was a waste of time and money. I would like to have seen a poll indicating how many US citizens believed this to be true.

    Reply
  5. Jerry says

    August 28, 2021 at 8:56 pm

    Could you tell me why us army was participating in war games in area of Wuhan lab. ?
    Have you heard of Madazolam? It is respiratory depressant used in the first wave. 90% of people put on ventilators died. Multiple sources. for this info.
    I saw news clip where they had so many deaths in Alabama they filled 18 wheeler refrigerated trucks. I looked at Ala dept of health. It say # of deaths about 12k. # from covid alone 2300.
    I was in Chicago during an upsurge. Only thing I noted was medical personnel would say nothing.
    Virologist can stuff sars Akacovid and tell if it has been weapon used. Two in China went missing. 3rd one in USA in hiding. This is about depopulation abd lol people control. Australia is in a police state because of one case. Gates seminar on population control is still on YouTube. Why did he rec vaccines for population control. Why do children get the jab ? Their chance of dying from corona iis 1/99.998% or zero basically. Money. People control depopulation. There is graduated acale hospitals get for corona. 29% with a dx. 49% if patient goes on vent. About 150 k if patient dies. They also got lots huge ants from stimulus package. Ex Memphis hospitals got 163 million. Do you see a trend. It is now called the medical complex. BigPharma #2. Learn about New World Order. Shadow gov. The above control everything that goes on in the country. This includes Pres Supreme Court and Congress. See the Kevin Shipp videos on utube. Particularly recent ones label Shadow gov >CIA Listen carefully and you will hear what the jab really is. I cannot say it. For vacc. It may already be too late

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    • Don says

      August 30, 2021 at 11:53 am

      Those weren't war games in the sense of an exercise to practice strategy for war. They were more like an Olympics for warriors, is my understanding.

      Reply

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