China Officials “Probably” Hiding Something About COVID Origins

• Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that he is “keeping an open mind” regarding the origins and consequences of the pandemic.
• Fauci stated to an audience that the Chinese government “probably” conceals something about the virus’ origins.
• The evidence supports a natural occurrence over a lab leak. 

Dr. Anthony Fauci said he is committed to “keeping an open mind” about the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China in 2019. However, he wishes he had more information from the Chinese government.

Scientists ConspiracyTheorists have all been We are eager to get clear answersThe OriginsSARS-CoV-2 has been known since years. There is no conclusive evidence that can be used to prove the origin of this pandemic.

The virus could have originated naturally in bats or other animals, and then jumped from animals to humans. spillover eventPerhaps at a wet marketplace? Many scientists believe that it’s possible. Strong possibility. Could it have leaked from a laboratory somewhere? It is also possibleHowever, it is less likely. 

“You should be open-minded that it could have been any thing that happened,” Fauci said Wednesday, during a conversation. Atlantic editor Ross Andersen “But the evidence that they have been working on for years strongly favors a natural occurrence.”

Fauci claims that the Chinese government can ‘clear it up’ if they really want to

Andersen also asked Fauci if he believed the Chinese government could “clear it up” once for all.

“Yeah,” Fauci said.

However, the doctor made sure to mention that he was referring to “Chinese authorities”. stonewallingHe said that he was not talking about average Chinese citizens or his Chinese scientific colleagues, but rather “major contributions to our knowledge”.

“The fact is, as a society, when something occurs that looks like — even if it’s naturally coming out of China — they will be secretive about it,” Fauci said of the Chinese government. “Because they have the feeling that they will be blamed.”

This same type of cover-up occurred in the early 2000s. SARS: First outbreak. Although “everybody agrees”, that the virus was “unambiguously, beyond any shadow of doubt” derived from a bat, it passed the Disease on another animalIt was likely to have been caught in a wet marketplace before it reached a person. Fauci recalls the long and difficult efforts required to obtain information from Chinese officials about that outbreak.

He stated, “They were so reticent to openly and truthfully about things, because that is the way the leadership in the society is.” 

Fauci is represented at the National Institutes of Health by advisers who met this week to discuss matters. Laboratory experiments with deadly viruses require stricter supervision.

Fauci stated that hiding information is a great way to encourage conspiracy theories.

It’s completely natural, absolutely natural for conspiracy people to think it’s a conspiracy. They’re hiding something.

Fauci admitted that they are most likely to be, but that it may not be due to a lab leak.

Perhaps the virus transferred from animals to humans at Wuhan’s wet-market, where clusters of diseases first became public in late 2019

It would have been a great help to investigators to gain access to these markets earlier in the process of trying to determine the source and cause of the pandemic. 

“Animals that were outlawed and It is not permissible to be in a place where people can contact youFauci stated that they were brought there by their high income.” Fauci stated, “That’s what you want them to be honest about.”

He said, “If we could go and do surveillance in China easily, we’d get a lot of information more than we currently have.”