Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he supports international efforts to understand how the global pandemic began.
“I know there are a lot of theories out there but we need to make sure we are getting to a full and complete airing of the facts to actually understand what happened,” Trudeau said on May 27.
Trudeau said these efforts will not only ensure accountability but could also provide insight into how to protect the world from future pandemics.
“Here is their current position: ‘while two elements in the IC leans toward the former scenario and one leans more toward the latter–each with low or moderate confidence–the majority of elements do not believe there is sufficient information to assess one to be more likely than the other,’” Biden said.
The UK government on May 24 asked the World Health Organization to “explore all possible theories” while investigating the origins of the virus.
The Wall Street Journal reported on May 23 that three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care with COVID-like symptoms in November 2019—about a month before the appearance of “patient zero” identified by the Chinese communist regime.