The seeds and germs of the corona virus epidemic spreading all over the world have spread from the laboratory. On Monday, a committee of the US Congress brought forward the fact that the spread of the coronavirus from laboratories was the cause of the epidemic. This information is known from the report of Qatar-based media Al-Jazeera.
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives' Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis said it had concluded that the coronavirus was 'probably caused by a lab or research-related accident.' The 520-page report was prepared over two years. It discusses federal and state responses, including the origins of the epidemic, its response, and immunization efforts.
The committee's Republican chairman said in a letter to Congress, “This work will help the United States and the world prepare to predict, prepare for, protect against, and hopefully prevent the next pandemic.”
One of the report's key findings was that the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded controversial 'gain-of-function' research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China—a study aimed at finding ways to fight viruses by making them stronger. —Before the outbreak of the epidemic.
The first case of Covid-19 was found in Wuhan in December 2019. This city is located in the center of China's Hubei province. The virus then spread rapidly worldwide and killed more than 7 million people.
US federal agencies, the World Health Organization and scientists around the world have tried to determine the source of Covid-19, but there is no consensus. Many researchers believe the virus spread from animals to humans, and that an infected animal somehow made its way into the Wuhan market. But an intelligence report by the US Department of Energy said the virus likely escaped from a laboratory. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) also made similar claims.
In producing this report, the committee held 25 meetings over two years and conducted more than 30 interviews. Besides, by reviewing more than 1 million pages of various documents on this subject, it has supported the theory of the spread of germs from the laboratory.
As part of this investigation, the Republican-controlled congressional panel conducted two days of interviews with Anthony Fauci. Dr. Fauci led public health initiatives early in the pandemic to promote public health messages. Republican lawmakers in Congress allege Fauci authorized funding for Chinese scientists to create a variant of Sars-Cov-2, or Covid-19, resulting in the century's worst pandemic.
Fauci retired from the US Department of Health in December 2022. The committee alleges that Fauci worked to suppress the 'theory' that the Covid virus originated from a Chinese laboratory. Meanwhile, 83-year-old Dr. Fauci currently resides under tight security. Because his family is being threatened with death. In a recent public hearing, Fauci told a congressional committee it was almost impossible that the Wuhan lab removed the virus that caused the pandemic.
On the other hand, a US Congressional committee investigation also found that the lockdown did more harm than good. In addition, mandatory mask wearing was ineffective in controlling the spread of Covid. But initiatives like social distancing and travel restrictions have saved lives.
