{"id":543012,"date":"2021-05-27T14:06:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=543012"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:06:30","slug":"opinion-the-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-should-have-never-been-labeled-a-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-the-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-should-have-never-been-labeled-a-conspiracy\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: The Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Should Have Never Been Labeled A \u2018Conspiracy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopinion-the-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-should-have-never-been-labeled-a-conspiracy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=543012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1215906058-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>When the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, the legacy media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/10-times-the-media-slammed-the-wuhan-lab-origin-theory-as-a-conspiracy?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\">repeatedly<\/a> told the American people the virus emerged from bats in a Wuhan wet market. Some were skeptical about the narrative, particularly after a 15-page international document was leaked from Five Eyes \u2013 a coalition of intelligence agencies from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand \u2013 which indicated that China lied about the virus and its origins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina deliberately suppressed or destroyed evidence of the coronavirus outbreak in an \u2018assault on international transparency\u2019 that cost tens of thousands of lives, according to a dossier prepared by concerned Western governments on the COVID-19 contagion,\u201d The Daily Telegraph <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bombshell-five-eyes-dossier-leaks-on-chinas-alleged-coronavirus-cover-up-contains-damning-revelations\">reported<\/a> last year after obtaining a copy of the document. \u201cIt states that to the \u2018endangerment of other countries\u2019 the Chinese government covered-up news of the virus by silencing or \u2018disappearing\u2019 doctors who spoke out, destroying evidence of it in laboratories and refusing to provide live samples to international scientists who were working on a vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The document went on to state that \u201cAt least one of the \u00adestimated 50 virus samples Dr. Shi has in her laboratory is a 96 percent genetic match to COVID-19.\u201d In addition, the Hubei health commission also told the lab to halt all testing and to destroy all samples, the outlet stated.<\/p>\n<p>One day after the Five Eyes report was leaked, Fox News Chief White House Correspondent John Roberts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-intelligence-agencies-are-coming-to-same-conclusion-on-coronavirus\">indicated<\/a> that the majority of America\u2019s intelligence agencies believed COVID escaped from the Wuhan lab.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Senior Intelligence Source tells me there is agreement among most of the 17 Intelligence agencies that COVID-19 originated in the Wuhan lab,\u201d Roberts tweeted. \u201cThe source stressed that the release is believed to be a MISTAKE, and was not intentional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSources say not all 17 intelligence agencies agree that the lab was the source of the virus because there is not yet a definitive \u2018smoking gun,\u2019\u201d Roberts said in a follow-up tweet. \u201cBut confidence is high among 70-75% of the agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the Chinese engage in these cover-ups but they also lied about COVID from the very beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwanese health officials tried to warn the World Health Organization (WHO) of the virus\u2019 ability to transmit from human to human, but they were ignored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNews resources today indicated that at least seven atypical pneumonia cases were reported in Wuhan, CHINA. Their health authorities replied to the media that the cases were believed not SARS; however the samples are still under examination, and cases have been isolated for treatment,\u201d Taiwanese health officials said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/bethbaumann\/2020\/04\/13\/taiwan-releases-email-showing-they-warned-the-who-about-the-wuhan-coronavirus-n2566856\">email<\/a> to the WHO. \u201cI would greatly appreciate it if you have relevant information to share with us. Thank you very much in advance for your attention to this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of investigating, the WHO instead followed guidance from the Chinese government which claimed that COVID-19 does not spread from person to person \u2014 something which was quickly shown to be false.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#coronavirus<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> (2019-nCoV) identified in <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Wuhan<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#China,\u201d the WHO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO\/status\/1217043229427761152?s=20\">tweeted<\/a> on January 14, 2020.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/bethbaumann\/2020\/05\/02\/leaked-intelligence-report-details-chinas-blatant-coronavirus-coverup-n2568064\">timeline<\/a> of Chinese Communist Party activity, the virus emerged sometime between December 26 through 30, 2019. By December 31, \u201cChinese internet authorities begin censoring terms from social media such as Wuhan Unknown Pneumonia.\u201d On January 1, 2020, Wuhan doctors who warned about the virus were detained. By January 24, government officials ordered the Wuhan Institute of Virology not to provide research samples to the University of Texas. On February 9, Fang Bin, a citizen-journalist, disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>As is now clear, throughout this entire pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party lied to save its public image. Instead of being honest about what was taking place and allowing outside resources to investigate and study the virus, China put its public relations arm to work. They shut out the rest of the world when this deadly virus could have been contained. Instead, their lies cost the rest of the world <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/\">roughly<\/a> 3.5 million lives.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s initial evasion of transparency caused suspicion from the very beginning. When whistleblowers, like Dr. Ai Fen, tried to sound the alarm on the virus, they went <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/04\/01\/whistleblowing-coronavirus-doctor-mysteriously-vanishes\/\">missing<\/a>. When China <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/how-china-blocked-who-chinese-scientists-early-coronavirus-outbreak-n1222246\">prevented<\/a> WHO researchers from gaining access, people questioned why. When China attempted to blame other countries, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/now-its-india-china-blames-india-for-origin-of-covid-19\">India<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/communist-china-spokesman-claims-u-s-military-might-have-brought-coronavirus-to-china\">United States<\/a>, for the virus\u2019 origins, suspicions deepened. And when it was revealed that the Wuhan lab was conducting experiments on various types of coronaviruses, bells went off.<\/p>\n<p>The CCP\u2019s actions raised very valid questions, countering the dishonest argument that to question the claims of the Chinese government was to do nothing but embrace conspiracy theories. If we were dealing with a country that told the truth and had every human being\u2019s best interests at heart, it would be an entirely different story. But China\u2019s only concern was and is the protection of their own self-interests, including a supposedly stellar public image.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the sheer validity of these questions has become so clear that even the flip-flopper-in-chief, Dr. Fauci, has made it clear that he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fauci-tells-fact-check-event-he-is-not-convinced-covid-19-virus-developed-naturally\">no idea<\/a> what transpired. This should remind every American that questions are important parts of our societal processes, especially when those questions are literal matters of life and death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/10-times-the-media-slammed-the-wuhan-lab-origin-theory-as-a-conspiracy\">10 Times The Media Slammed The Wuhan Lab Origin Theory As A \u2018Conspiracy\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, the legacy media repeatedly told the American people the virus emerged from bats in a Wuhan wet market. 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