White House promotes Covid-19 'laboratory origin' hypothesis on fresh online platform
The White House digs in on lab-leak theory 🧐
Last Friday, the White House shaken things up, launching a fresh online platform backing the concept that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for Covid-19, was crafted in a research lab in Wuhan, China. 🦠
This new narrative revives a long-standing tug-of-war regarding the origins of the pandemic, which has seen involvement from federal agencies, global health organizations, congressional committees, and, most notably, the CIA. In January, the CIA disclosed a report carrying the conclusion that a lab incident was likely, although with "low confidence." 🔍
Previous statements from the CIA suggested they were lacking the necessary information to affirm the virus' origin, while the World Health Organization (WHO) maintains an open stance for all possibilities, including a zoonotic transmission from animals via a Wuhan market. 🐾
However, the new White House website's stance goes even further, asserting that the virus boasts a unique biological trait not found in nature. If a natural origin existed, it should've emerged by now, but that hasn't been the case. 🔍
Interestingly, the federal website Covid.gov, previously linking visitors to information on vaccines, testing, and treatments, now directs all traffic to the White House’s lab-leak webpage. 🌐
While U.S. intelligence agencies have remained receptive to the notion of natural transmission during lab research, they have unanimously ruled out the virus being genetically engineered. Most scientists contend that the virus emerged naturally in animals and spread to humans in a Wuhan market, with the answer to its origin potentially unproven. 🦁
Marty Makary, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, seemed to defend these changes during a Fox News segment Friday, suggesting that people desire answers and closure in the wake of the pandemic's three-year-long nightmare. 😓
The White House website echoes a final report published by the Republican-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic last year, which concluded that the virus originated in a lab. Likewise, the website outlines perceived shortcomings in the Covid-19 response, including lockdowns, mask mandates, problematic funding for infectious disease research, and obstruction within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
- The recent development in politics involves the White House's endorsement of the 'lab-leak' theory about the origin of coronavirus, which parallel the turbulence of war-and-conflicts and policy-and-legislation.
- Hypotheses about the coronavirus' origin have long been a subject of interest in general news, with the lab incident theory, initially met with low confidence by the CIA, gaining traction in recent times.
- Leaked information has suggested that the CIA was once uncertain about the virus' origin, but the White House's stance now asserts that the virus possesses a unique biological trait suggesting a lab origin, which hasn't been found in nature.
- Crime-and-justice also has a role to play, as the new White House website presents potential shortcomings in the Covid-19 response, such as problematic funding for infectious disease research and obstruction within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
- In the midst of this evolving political landscape, Marty Makary, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, has defended these changes, stating that the public craves answers and closure amidst the distressing three-year-long coronavirus pandemic.
