Blinken casts doubt on methodology of COVID-19 lab-leak report

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken cast doubt on Tuesday (Jun 8) on the methodology of a report on the origins of COVID-19 cited by the Wall ...

FILE PHOTO: Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease , in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on Feb 3, 2021. WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken cast doubt on Tuesday on the methodology of a report on the origins of COVID-19 cited by the Wall Street Journal that concluded the hypothesis of a virus leak from a Chinese lab was plausible.

The report said the study was prepared in May 2020 by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and referred to by State when it conducted an inquiry into the pandemic's origins during the final months of former President Donald Trump's administration. "That work was done, it was completed, it was briefed, to relevant people in the department. When we came in, we also were made aware of the findings," Blinken said."The Trump administration, it's my understanding, had real concerns about the methodology of that study, the quality of analysis, bending evidence to fit preconceived narrative. That was their concern. It was shared with us.

 

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