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Comment by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory
We assess all of the necessary conditions for an accidental release of a laboratory-modified coronavirus – specifically a coronavirus adapted to recognize human cell receptors – were present at the Chinese Wuhan Institute of Virology in mid-to-late 2019.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory assessment quoted in Lewis Kamb, "Newly declassified 2020 intelligence assessment found Wuhan lab’s conditions were ripe for potential coronavirus release," U.S. Right to Know, June 19, 2026; assessment released by ODNI in June 2026.
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AI Verified The exact sentence appears verbatim at the supplied U.S. Right to Know URL, where it is explicitly presented as language from a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory assessment; that article also says the report was prepared on May 27, 2020. ODNI’s official June 18, 2026 release index lists item 1 as the 2020-05-27 LLNL assessment/report on lab-modification conditions at WIV, and an ODNI-released email refers to the attached “May 2020 Z-Division analysis” and repeats the same assessment language, corroborating the attribution and date. ([usrtk.org](https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/intelligence-assessment-found-wuhan-labs-conditions-were-ripe-for-potential-coronavirus-release/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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