Coronavirus Wrongful Death Claim Headlines

The Covid-19 pathogen has a genetic footprint that has never been observed in a natural coronavirus. By Steven Quay and Richard Muller The possibility that the pandemic began with an escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology is attracting fresh attention. President Biden has asked the national intelligence community to redouble efforts to investigate. Much of the public discussion has focused on circumstantial evidence: mysterious illnesses in late 2019; the lab’s work intentionally supercharging viruses to increase lethality (known as “gain of function” research). … [Read more...] about The Science Suggests a Wuhan Lab Leak

The 2020 lab report was used by the State Department in its own inquiry during Trump administration By Michael R. Gordon and Warren P. Strobel WASHINGTON—A report on the origins of Covid-19 by a U.S. government national laboratory concluded that the hypothesis claiming the virus leaked from a Chinese lab in Wuhan is plausible and deserves further investigation, according to people familiar with the classified document. The study was prepared in May 2020 by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and was drawn on by the State Department when it … [Read more...] about U.S. Report Found It Plausible Covid-19 Leaked From Wuhan Lab

Report says researchers went to hospital in November 2019, shortly before confirmed outbreak; adds to calls for probe of whether virus escaped lab By Michael R. Gordon, Warren P. Strobel and Drew Hinshaw WASHINGTON—Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough in November 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report that could add weight to growing calls for a fuller probe of whether the Covid-19 virus may have escaped from the laboratory. The details of the … [Read more...] about Intelligence on Sick Staff at Wuhan Lab Fuels Debate on Covid-19 Origin

For each person who dies of Covid-19, experts say there are at least nine newly bereaved. We must begin to address the toll. By Allison Gilbert Ms. Gilbert is an author who writes extensively about grief and resilience. Her latest book is “Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive.” The end of the Covid-19 crisis in the United States is in sight, thanks to effective vaccines being deployed on a massive scale. But the still growing death toll will leave behind millions of bereaved people, wracked by the suffering that the loss of a loved one can bring. This is a … [Read more...] about The Grief Crisis Is Coming

National security adviser says it is imperative World Health Organization report be free of China’s intervention The Wall Street Journal By Alex Leary Feb. 13, 2021 11:53 am ET WASHINGTON—The Biden administration issued a formal statement criticizing China over refusing to provide World Health Organization pandemic investigators with data on early Covid-19 cases that could help explain how the virus spread. “We have deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the Covid-19 investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach them,” … [Read more...] about U.S. Expresses ‘Deep Concerns’ Over China Withholding Data From Pandemic Investigators