German Intel Withheld Lab Leak Conclusion Since 2020, Scientist Alina Chan Reveals

German Intelligence and COVID-19 Origins

• 🇩🇪 German intelligence agency BND concluded in 2020 that COVID-19 originated from a lab in Wuhan, according to joint reports from German publications.
• 🔬 The BND was privy to information about the Wuhan Institute of Virology conducting gain of function research and having safety violations.
• 🤝 The BND shared its assessment with the CIA in the fall, after which the CIA stated it is more likely COVID-19 came from a lab than a natural spillover, though with low confidence.

Suppression of the Lab Leak Theory

• 📰 The New York Times published an op-ed acknowledging that there is no strong evidence ruling out a lab leak and that attempts were made to squelch legitimate debate.
• 🗣️ Civil liberties attorney Jenice Yunice noted that government officials and scientists conspired to keep evidence secret and that the lab leak theory was censored on social media due to pressure from the administration.
• ✍️ Chris Martinson rewrote a headline to state that COVID came from a lab and that Fauci and prominent Western virologists conspired to hide it from the public.

Lack of Independent Investigation and Continued Risky Research

• ❓ Alina Chan questions why there hasn't been an independent investigation into COVID-19's origins, suggesting it might be due to potential complicity of US government health advisors.
• 🚫 Leading scientists and politicians in the West shut down the lab leak hypothesis as a conspiracy theory, preventing investigation.
• 📈 Despite the ongoing uncertainty and the German intelligence assessment, risky pathogen research continues at low biosafety levels without accountability from scientists or funders.

Proposed Solutions for Risky Research

• 🏝️ Chan suggests that risky research should be centralized in isolated, safe locations, perhaps a nice tropical island with all amenities, as a cost worth paying to protect billions of lives.
• ⚠️ She emphasizes the need for higher safety standards for such research, acknowledging its biod defense angle and the difficulty in stopping biologists from conducting it.

Deception and Media Coverage

• 🤥 A New York Times journalist reported being deceived by scientists who, in private communications, admitted the journalist was credible but decided not to share information.
• 📰 This deception corrupted The New York Times' coverage for an entire year, dismissing the lab leak theory out of hand.
• 📢 Criticism is directed at reporters who carried water for scientists, insisting on claims like COVID originating from a raccoon dog, rather than focusing on the opinion section's acknowledgment of the lab leak possibility.

Confidence in the Lab Leak Hypothesis

• 🇺🇸 Alina Chan aligns with German intelligence and the FBI, which assessed with moderate confidence that COVID-19 came from a lab.
• 🔬 She points to circumstantial evidence, including the addition of a furin cleavage site to a bat virus, which is not present in hundreds of other known bat coronaviruses, making the lab leak hypothesis the most obvious explanation.
• ✅ Chan believes the scientific community must move forward by assuming a lab leak started the pandemic and taking measures to prevent recurrence.