Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman says evidence suggests coronavirus was not man-made or released from lab
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/496241-joint-chiefs-of-staff-chairman-says-evidence-suggests-coronavirus-was-notThe Pentagon’s top uniformed official on Tuesday maintained that available evidence indicates the virus that has caused a global pandemic was natural and not man-made or released purposely from a Chinese lab.
“The weight of evidence — nothing’s conclusive — the weight of evidence is that it was natural and not man-made,†Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley said of the coronavirus.
“The second issue is, was it accidentally released, did it release naturally into the environment or was it intentional? We don’t have conclusive evidence in any of that, but the weight of evidence is that it was probably not intentional,†he told reporters at the Pentagon.
Milley added that “various agencies, both civilian and U.S. government, are looking at†the issue of where the virus originated.
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