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No government consensus on COVID lab leak theory, says White House
Fp Staff •“There’s not been a definitive conclusion, so it’s difficult for me to say, nor should I feel like I should have to defend press reporting about a possible preliminary indication here,” said White House national security spokesperson John Kirby
The latest in the COVID 'lab leak' theory: What we know and don't know about the origins of the pandemic
•The US Energy Department concluded with ‘low confidence’ that coronavirus was most likely caused by an unintentional laboratory leak in China. However, intelligence agencies remain divided on the subject
COVID-19 origin | WHO says it’s unclear but lab leak theory needs study
•That stance marks a sharp reversal of the UN health agency's initial assessment of the pandemic's origins, and comes after many critics accused WHO of being too quick to dismiss or underplay a lab-leak theory that put Chinese officials on the defensive.