WHO scientist said Chinese researchers had pushed back against linking #SARSCoV2 origins to Wuhan institute. “In the beginning, they didn’t want anything about the lab [in the report], because it was impossible, so there was no need to waste time on that”.
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2) In its report released earlier this year, the WHO-China team said it was “very unlikely” that the virus, officially named SARS-CoV-2, could have accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology or another facility in the Chinese city where infections were first found.
3) A discussion of whether to include the lab-leak theory at all lasted until 48 hours before the conclusion of the mission, Ben Embarek told the Danish reporters.
4) In the end, Ben Embarek’s Chinese counterpart eventually agreed to discuss the lab-leak theory in the report “on the condition we didn’t recommend any specific studies to further that hypothesis.” 🔥 👀
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