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Exclusive: State Department cables warned of safety issues at Wuhan lab studying bat coronaviruses washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
In 2018, U.S. Embassy officials visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology several times and sent two official warnings back to Washington about inadequate safety at the lab, which was conducting risky studies on coronaviruses from bats

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"The cables have fueled discussions inside the U.S. government about whether this or another Wuhan lab was the source of the virus — even though conclusive proof has yet to emerge." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
“During interactions with scientists at the [Wuhan] laboratory, they noted the new lab has a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory,” states the Jan. 19, 2018, cable washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
"The first cable, which I obtained, also warns that the lab’s work on bat coronaviruses and their potential human transmission represented a risk of a new SARS-like pandemic."

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