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[albedo]

Why now? Conjectures and theories need to be criticized and discussed and refuted by rational criticism. I am skeptic and will not swallow statements and declarations likely dictated by political flags gone with the wind.

[Dorian Grey]

Why now? Conjectures and theories need to be criticized and discussed and refuted by rational criticism. I am skeptic and will not swallow statements and declarations likely dictated by political flags gone with the wind.

 

I remember joking online back in the early days about:

 

"24,642,757 square miles of habitable land on planet earth, and this virus just happened to pop-up walking distance from a Level-4 bat coronavirus gain of function experimental laboratory"...  

 

What kind of wild, wacky coincidence is that!  

[Mind]

CIA now says Covid DID come from Chinese lab in stunning reversal after years of denial under Biden

 

https://www.dailymai...sal-denial.html

 

The CIA has today revealed its belief that COVID-19 was likely leaked from a Chinese lab after years of denial under the Biden administration. 

A spokesperson for the agency said on Saturday that they now favor the lab theory. 

Officials said that there is no new evidence behind their shift in opinion - it is based on the same evidence they have been mulling over for months. 

'CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting. 

In announcing their shift in stance, the CIA joined the FBI and the Energy Department in identifying the cause of it as being a lab mishap in Wuhan, China.

Under Biden and COVID czar Anthony Fauci, the government was adamant that the lab notion was nothing more than a conspiracy theory. 

 

Just as a reminder, it was considered a stupid conspiracy theory, something only right-wing idiots would consider, just a couple of years ago. The US government (and Fauci, et al) did everything they could to censor any talk about a "lab-leak", Now the awful NYTimes is now reporting it doesn't matter anyway, so shut up about it.

 

Notable also that with the change in presidents comes a change in policy - the US is no longer working with or partnering with Google-funded EcoHealth Alliance.

[Daniel Cooper]

Why now? Conjectures and theories need to be criticized and discussed and refuted by rational criticism. I am skeptic and will not swallow statements and declarations likely dictated by political flags gone with the wind.

 

For what it's worth, this new CIA position was reached during the waning days of the Biden administration before Trump's inauguration.

 

https://www.nbcnews....outb-rcna189284

 

 

The CIA’s assessment was not based on new intelligence but on analysts reviewing existing information, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News. The review was ordered in the closing weeks of the Biden administration and completed before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the source said.

 

It is a very good question to ask ... "Why now?" since apparently there was no new information. Perhaps a better question would be why did the CIA cling to the "wet market theory" long after the consensus had shifted to the Wuhan Institute of Virology being the likely culprit.

 

My guess is that they didn't want the new administration to break that news and that internal CIA documents very likely support the lab leak hypothesis.