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by mattpallissard 1076 days ago
It hardly debunks it. Scroll to the bottom of page four in the original report.

I treat this whole thing just like every other government message; could be this, could be that, could be a combination of both. If anyone takes any message from any government agency from any country as gospel truth they are delusional.

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> Scroll to the bottom of page four in the original report.

The bottom of page four of the report states the WIV institute's genetic engineering capabilities and that it has likely conducted some engineering of coronaviruses. Does that constitute proof of WIV engineering the COVID19 virus and the virus leaked from the lab?

Not an expert but from page three of the report:

"Almost all IC agencies assess that SARS-CoV-2 was not genetically engineered. Most agencies assess that SARS-CoV-2 was not laboratory-adapted; some are unable to make a determination. All IC agencies assess that SARS-CoV-2 was not developed as a biological weapon."