The true origins of the pandemic, which has claimed seven million lives worldwide, remain the subject of ongoing investigation
Post Dates – Thursday 7:40am – 23rd June 29th
Beijing: A researcher at the notorious Wuhan Institute of Virology has claimed that the deadly SARS-CoV-2 (the virus behind Covid-19) is a deliberately engineered “biological weapon” by China, according to media reports.
In an interview with Chinese-born human rights activist and author Jennifer Zeng, Shao Chao claimed that researchers were tasked with finding out what is most effective for transmission among various species, including humans, according to the Jerusalem Post. strains.
Shao Chao also shared the incident of Shan Chao, another researcher at the institute, who admitted that his superiors provided him with four strains of coronavirus to test and determine which one is most likely to infect multiple species, including humans. .
Shao Chao mentioned that during the 2019 Wuhan Military Games, several of his colleagues were sent to the hotel where the athletes stayed under the pretext of “checking their health or sanitary conditions”.
However, Shao Chao suspects that they may be involved in spreading the virus.
According to the report, Shao Chao also emphasized that this information only represents a small part of the overall puzzle.
The true origins of the epidemic, which has claimed seven million lives worldwide, remain the subject of ongoing investigation. The recently declassified U.S. government intelligence report on the origins of Covid-19 also did not confirm whether the pandemic was the result of a laboratory leak or the virus jumping from infected animals to humans.
“All agencies continue to assess that natural and laboratory-related origins remain plausible hypotheses to explain the first human infection,” said the long-awaited declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Importantly, almost all intelligence agencies “assessed that SARS-CoV-2 was not genetically engineered,” the report said.
“Most agencies assess that SARS-CoV-2 has not been laboratory modified; some cannot make a decision. All intelligence agencies assess that SARS-CoV-2 was not developed as a biological weapon,” it added.
The report acknowledged research conducted by the laboratory, including animal sampling and genetic analyses.
“We still don’t have any indication that pre-pandemic research on WIV included SARS-CoV-2 or close relatives, nor any direct evidence that a specific research-related event involving WIV personnel occurred prior to the pandemic that could have caused COVID-19. spread of the virus. A pandemic,” the report said.
