{"id":557323,"date":"2023-02-27T23:56:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T20:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/white-house-no-government-consensus-on-covid-lab-leak-theory\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T23:56:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T20:56:53","slug":"white-house-no-government-consensus-on-covid-lab-leak-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-no-government-consensus-on-covid-lab-leak-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"#White House: No government consensus on COVID lab leak theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a1197797d7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a1197797d7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-no-government-consensus-on-covid-lab-leak-theory\/#White_House_No_government_consensus_on_COVID_lab_leak_theory\" >White House: No government consensus on COVID lab leak theory<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"White_House_No_government_consensus_on_COVID_lab_leak_theory\"><\/span>White House: No government consensus on COVID lab leak theory<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/kirbyjohn_022723_ap_evanvucci.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The White House on Monday downplayed and would not confirm a report that the Department of Energy determined a lab leak was the most likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying there is no government consensus yet about what caused the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intelligence community and the rest of the government is still looking at this,\u201d John Kirby, a White House national security spokesperson, said at a press briefing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not been a definitive conclusion, so it\u2019s difficult for me to say, nor should I feel like I should have to defend press reporting about a possible preliminary indication here,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhat the president wants is facts. He wants the whole government designed to go get those facts. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing, and we\u2019re just not there yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports circulated Sunday that the Energy Department had concluded based on new intelligence that a lab leak in China was the most likely cause of the pandemic, a shift from the previous position that it was not clear how the COVID-19 virus began to spread. The Energy Department study reportedly offered the conclusion with \u201clow confidence\u201d and the intelligence information that changed its conclusion is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>But Kirby and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday would not weigh in on those reports or confirm them, instead insisting that the wider government was still looking into how the pandemic started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president made trying to find the origins of COVID a priority when he came into office, and he\u2019s got a whole government effort designed to do that,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cThere is not a consensus in the U.S. government about how COVID started. There is not an intelligence community consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. intelligence community is split on the conclusion that the deadly virus leaked from a Chinese lab. Four other federal agencies believe that it likely jumped to humans from an animal host outside a lab. Those findings are also reportedly made with low confidence.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. government officials have been pressing to learn more about how COVID-19 originated since the pandemic first began in early 2020, with Republicans in particular suggesting it may have jumped from a lab in Wuhan, China.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Wuhan, which is located about 500 miles west of Shanghai, is home to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chinese authorities in 2021 refused to cooperate with a World Health Organization effort to study the possibility that COVID-19 leaked from a lab. Government officials have been critical of China\u2019s lack of cooperation in determining the origins of the virus, arguing Beijing has not been forthcoming since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 has killed nearly 7 million people worldwide, according to data from the World Health Organization, including roughly 1.1 million people in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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