{"id":15017,"date":"2020-05-01T13:51:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T13:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/?p=15017"},"modified":"2020-05-01T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T13:53:01","slug":"dni-believes-virus-was-not-manmade-or-genetically-modified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/?p=15017","title":{"rendered":"DNI believes virus &#8216;was not manmade or genetically modified&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-elements block-elements--no-byline\">\n<p>Hopefully that might be true&#8230; otherwise&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14638\" src=\"https:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/koronoios6-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/koronoios6-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/koronoios6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/koronoios6-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/koronoios6.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The office of the director of national intelligence has released an unusual statement saying officials do not believe coronavirus was manmade, echoing many health experts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added, \u201c<strong>The IC will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/30\/cia-pushes-back-at-trump-efforts-to-link-coronavirus-to-chinese-laboratories\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump has reportedly asked<\/a> intelligence officials to investigate whether coronavirus was created in a Chinese government laboratory, even though many public health experts have said they think the virus came about naturally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"block-time updated-time\">Updated <time datetime=\"2020-04-30T15:47:30.000Z\">at 5\/1\/2020<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"block-share block-share--liveblog hide-on-mobile \" data-link-name=\"block share\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/apr\/30\/coronavirus-us-live-federal-guidelines-social-distancing-expire-trump-cuomo-latest-news-updates?page=with:block-5eaaee808f08fcc89d8bb2e3#block-5eaaee808f08fcc89d8bb2e3<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"rounded-icon block-share__item block-share__item--facebook js-blockshare-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=180444840287&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2Flive%2F2020%2Fapr%2F30%2Fcoronavirus-us-live-federal-guidelines-social-distancing-expire-trump-cuomo-latest-news-updates%3FCMP%3Dshare_btn_fb%26page%3Dwith%3Ablock-5eaaee808f08fcc89d8bb2e3%23block-5eaaee808f08fcc89d8bb2e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-name=\"social facebook\"><span class=\"u-h\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopefully that might be true&#8230; otherwise&#8230; The office of the director of national intelligence has released an unusual statement saying officials do not believe coronavirus was manmade, echoing many health experts. \u201cThe Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified,\u201d the statement reads. 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