According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the US Department of Energy believes the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is most likely due to a lab leak. The report suggests that the virus could have escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, and was likely genetically modified.

The report from the Energy Department was reportedly given in a classified report to the White House and Congress, and demonstrated an about-face for the Energy Department, which now joins the FBI in the belief that the pandemic was due to a lab leak.

Furthermore, the report states that there is evidence to suggest that the virus may have been genetically engineered, although this theory remains unproven.

The possibility of a lab leak as the origin of the pandemic has been a topic of discussion since the early days of the outbreak. However, the Chinese government has consistently denied any involvement and has instead pointed to other possible sources of the virus.

Dr. Anthony Fauci continues to take the Chinese government’s side on the issue.

“If you look at the data that’s been accumulated by independent international evolutionary virologists, they feel pretty confident that this was a natural occurrence from an animal host into a human,” Fauci said in December. “Has it been definitively proven? No. Is a lab leak possible? Of course, I keep a completely open mind that we don’t know definitively what the origin is. And that’s the reason why we want to keep investigating and get as much data as we can, so that we can prevent something like this from happening in the future. But the overwhelming data right now from independent people, with no horse in the race, feel rather strongly that it’s a natural occurrence.”

Source: (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)