Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)
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*Note: I just extracted the most important part of the article
While concluding that the two least likely hypotheses for the emergence of the deadly virus – a leak from a lab (pushed by senior Trump officials) and being introduced via frozen food from outside (promoted by China) – the team promised to keep following leads in both cases in what appeared to be a diplomatic effort to keep both Beijing and Washington onside.
“In my discussions with the team, they expressed the difficulties they encountered in accessing raw data,” Tedros said after the report of a team that traveled to Wuhan, China was released.
“I expect future collaborative studies to include more timely and comprehensive data sharing,” he said pointedly while adding that the report “advances our understanding in important ways”.
The report, compiled by WHO-appointed international experts and their Chinese counterparts, did not draw any firm conclusions but did rank a range of hypotheses according to how likely they thought they were, assessing the lab-leak hypothesis “extremely unlikely” with the most likely jumping from bats to humans via an intermediary animal.
“Although the team has concluded that a laboratory leak is the least likely hypothesis, this requires further investigation, potentially with additional missions involving specialist experts, which I am ready to deploy,” Tedros said.
It is a political statement to placate the US. Not relevant.
One can also argue that the Chinese are hiding something. I’m not saying that I support the US in this regard. I’m just looking at this issue from a neutral perspective. Once the WHO assembly convenes in May (I think), I believe some of the truth will start to come out.
If the WHO says that their investigation was not granted full access to the raw data then good for them for saying it publically.