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'Potential lab incident': FBI director Wray speaks publicly on Covid origin

by _-david-_ on 3/1/23, 4:27 PM with 37 comments

• by autoexec on 3/1/23, 9:25 PM

  > Some officials briefed on the intelligence said that it was relatively weak and that the Energy Department’s conclusion was made with “low confidence,” suggesting its level of certainty was not high. While the department shared the information with other agencies, none of them changed their conclusions, officials said. (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/politics/china-lab-lea...)

  I wish they would share whatever this new evidence is with the public. There's not agreement about what it means among the agencies who have seen it, so maybe having more eyes on the problem can clarify the situation.

• by foxyv on 3/1/23, 8:29 PM

  "Most Likely" and "Low Confidence" don't really mesh in my mind very well.

• by lazyeye on 3/1/23, 6:02 PM

  Unfortunately due to how bad the media is now, truth is is always on a time-delay release.

  I think in alot of cases if your understanding of a topic is based purely on what you've heard in the media, then you are less informed than someone who has never heard of that topic.

• by lockhouse on 3/1/23, 5:35 PM

  Are people finally allowed to say this without fear of the cancel mob coming after them?

• by thatguy0900 on 3/1/23, 5:37 PM

  Will there be any apologizing for the years of gaslighting about this?