CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab | AP News
Jan 25, 2025 · The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory. ... have raised the the question of whether the virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan. ... has said he favors the lab leak scenario, too. “The lab leak is the only theory supported by science, intelligence, and common sense,” Ratcliffe ...
What to Know About the CIA’s Conclusion that COVID-19 Came From a Lab
Jan 27, 2025 · Eventually, two hypotheses emerged: Either the virus crossed over from animals to humans in a wet market in Wuhan—the city in which the disease first appeared—or it leaked from a Chinese lab,...
CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak but …
Jan 26, 2025 · A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China's Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021. Ng Han Guan / AP
CIA shifts assessment on Covid origins, saying lab leak likely …
Jan 25, 2025 · The CIA said Saturday it has shifted its previous assessments and has concluded that it’s likely the Covid-19 virus was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a global pandemic but added...
Did Covid-19 originate in a Wuhan lab? Here's what CIA thinks
Jan 27, 2025 · The lab-leak theory has faced consistent scepticism due to the absence of direct evidence and its potential to exacerbate geopolitical tensions. Former CIA Director John Ratcliffe argued in a 2023 essay for Fox News that the agency had previously refrained from endorsing the lab-leak theory to avoid diplomatic fallout for the Biden administration.
China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak …
Jan 27, 2025 · China said Monday it was "extremely unlikely" COVID-19 came from a laboratory, after the CIA said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than natural transmission.
CIA assesses lab leak most plausible source of Covid-19, though …
Jan 25, 2025 · The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency...
China dismisses CIA's lab leak assessment for COVID-19 origin
Jan 27, 2025 · China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab, after the CIA said it now favors the so-called lab leak theory over natural transmission.
CIA now says Covid-19 is more likely to have originated from a lab leak …
Jan 25, 2025 · The Central Intelligence Agency said Saturday that it’s more likely a lab leak caused the Covid-19 pandemic than an infected animal that spread the virus to people, changing the agency’s...
CIA bribed its own COVID-19 origin team to reject lab-leak theory ...
Sep 12, 2023 · An unnamed CIA whistleblower has made the dramatic allegation that six analysts there were bribed to reject the theory that COVID-19 resulted from a research-related leak of a new coronavirus, according to a press release today from the office of the Republican leading a congressional investigation into the pandemic.