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New CIA Director Touts 'Low Confidence' Assessment About Covid Lab Leak Theory


Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: "Every US intelligence agency still unanimously maintains that Covid-19 was not developed as a biological weapon," CNN reported today. But what about the possibility of an accidental leak (rather than Covid-19 originating from wild animal meat traded the Wuhan M...

Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes:"Every US intelligence agency still unanimously maintains that Covid-19 was not developed as a biological weapon," CNN reported today. CNN notes there's suddenly been a new announcement "just days" after the CIA's new director took the reins — former lawyer turned Republican House Representative John Ratcliffe. CNN adds that " Many scientists believe the virus occurred naturally in animals and spread to humans in an outbreak at a market in Wuhan, China...."

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