'Instead, as this report lays out, a preponderance of the evidence proves that all roads lead to the WIV. The new report cites open source data and claims that the virus escaped from the Wuhan lab before September 12, 2019. 'Such a significant renovation so soon after the facility began operation appears unusual,' Republican staff on committee wrote in their report. According to the report, Dr. Shi Zhen-Li, a senior scientist at the Wuhan institute was questioned in an email why the database was removed from the internet. Further proof of the earlier timeline, the committee Republicans say, includes international press reports that the World Military Games, hosted in Wuhan in October, 2019, were held without fans.

Source: Daily Mail August 02, 2021 06:46 UTC