[March 8, 2023]At 9:00 am Eastern Time on Wednesday (8th), the U.S. House of Representatives committee willcoronavirus(COVID-19, CCP virus) source for the first hearing. The Epoch Times NTDTV will broadcast live with Chinese simultaneous translation.
Witnesses include: Robert Redfield, MD, former director of the CDC; Dr. Jamie Metzl, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council; Mr. Nicholas Wade, former editor of The Times.HearingsMore witnesses may be added.
The virus may have come from a lab
Mezel, the former director of multilateral affairs at the White House National Security Council, said at the hearing that more and more circumstantial evidence shows that the virus may have come from a laboratory. “While the question of the origin of this pandemic remains open, there is no doubt that a research-related origin remains a very serious possibility, if not an obvious one.
“Even if a ‘smoking gun’ (meaning direct conclusive evidence of the crime) has not been found to support the laboratory’s hypothesis of origin, a growing body of circumstantial evidence suggests that the gun was at least hot to the touch.”
Redfield, who served as CDC director in the early days of the outbreak, also said in his testimony that based on his initial analysis of the data, he came to believe, and still believes today, that it is more likely that the new coronavirus was accidentally released from a laboratory. result, not the result of a natural overflow event.
A witness invited by Democrats, Paul G. Auwaerter, clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said the investigation is ongoing. There is still no consensus on the origin of the virus.
CCP obstructionThe world should hold Beijing responsible for the origin of the new crown
The Atlantic Council’s Mezer said China should be the focus of attention. He accused Beijing of obstructing the international community’s efforts to trace the origin of the new crown, resulting in people still not knowing where the virus came from today.
“The main reason we’re here is because the Chinese government has done everything in its power to prevent an investigation into the origins of the pandemic, which is three years too late, but still desperately needed,” he said.
Metzger went on to say, “Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Chinese government has destroyed samples, hidden records, jailed brave Chinese journalists, silenced Chinese scientists, actively spread misinformation, and has done everything possible to to prevent this unfettered, evidence-based investigation so urgently needed.
“Everyone on the planet must hold China (the CCP) accountable for this.” He called for the formation of a cross-party national committee to investigate the origin of the new coronavirus.
“The American People Deserve Real Answers”
In the past three years, the new crown virus has claimed the lives of nearly 7 million people around the world. Evidence continues to mount that the virus originated from a laboratory leak. Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy and FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that, based on their review of the evidence, they believe COVID-19 may have originated from a leak from a Wuhan laboratory.
Winstrup said, “After years of suffering from the new coronavirus pandemic and related government policies, the American people deserve real answers. This investigation must begin with how and where this virus came from, so that we to try to predict, prepare for or prevent its recurrence.”
According to Winstrup, “To date, government scientists and government-funded researchers have been less than capable in their knowledge and actions, including with the Wuhan Institute of Virology and potential pandemic infectious agents. Cooperation.”
“We cannot accept more years of delay,” Winstrup said. “The Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is committed to conducting a proper investigation as the American people have demanded.”
Last month, House Republicans launched a COVID-19 traceability investigation, first sending a series of letters to current and former officials of the Biden administration, requesting documents and testimony. It’s the latest effort by Republicans to make good on a promise for the 2022 midterm elections.
The hypothesis that the virus originated from a laboratory accident was initially dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, but in May 2021, President Joe Biden ordered an investigation into the matter. But intelligence agencies said they could not draw conclusions.
Last week, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said in Geneva that WHO is still continuing to carry outTraceability of the novel coronavirusWork. He again called on China to share relevant data openly and transparently, claiming that “all hypotheses about the origin of the virus are under consideration.”
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