Biden asks U.S. intel officials to investigate COVID-19 origin

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3 thoughts on “Biden asks U.S. intel officials to investigate COVID-19 origin

    1. It puzzles me that so many get lathered up about protecting the Chinese in this. Why would you not want to get to the bottom of this? Are you scared of the ramifications of uncovering the truth? I agree that people without an agenda came to the common sense conclusion of a lab leak a year ago. Yes, it’s frightening of where this might lead if we find the truth, but we need to do it anyway otherwise we are saying to them you can do whatever you like to us and we will not retaliate. Who knows, maybe America is heavily involved in the leak and we need to come clean as well.

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