COVID Face Masks and the Wuhan Lab Escape Theory: An Update

Only a few months ago, a commentary, with supporting evidence, and a supporting quotation from the former head of the CDC, that the Wuhan lab leak theory for the origin of the COVID-19 epidemic “is a rational, reasonable, and scientifically grounded theory” could have been characterized as a conspiracy theory [1]. Now, a few months later, the Wuhan lab leak theory is being acknowledged widely in the mainstream media as just that – rational, reasonable, and scientifically grounded [2,3]. The fact that Chinese military experiments have been conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology has recently been confirmed by Mike Pompeo, a former US Secretary of State and former Director of the CIA [3], and is stated on a US Government website [4]: “Despite the WIV presenting itself as a civilian institution, the United States has determined that the WIV has collaborated on publications and secret projects with China’s military. The WIV has engaged in classified research, including laboratory animal experiments, on behalf of the Chinese military since at least 2017.” https://ge.usembassy.gov/ fact-sheet-activity-at-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology/