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World Health Organization

Virus Origins

The investigative report Biden ordered is due out by end of the Summer. The stakes are extremely high given the question of responsibility for millions of deaths worldwide, which potent institutions would much prefer to blame on wildlife. Keep in mind that, even if it were somehow proven that the pandemic had a non-laboratory origin, all the preceding research projects undeniably exist and continue, for the most part, unchecked.

Who’s to blame?

Unlike in 2020, when Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus would often speak in defence of China, to the extent of being accused of having danced to Beijing’s tune, his presentation on Thursday is significant not the least because he has urged China to furnish raw data on the origins of the verily catastrophic pandemic.