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Comment by House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Minority

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Minority staff of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Based on our investigation involving a variety of public and non-public information, we conclude that there are indications that SARS-CoV-2 may have been tied to China’s biological weapons research program and spilled over to the human population during a lab-related incident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
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Unclassified Summary of the Second Interim Report on the Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified The quote directly addresses a lab-related origin for SARS-CoV-2 and contrasts with a natural spillover explanation, so it is on-topic for the complete statement and clearly signals support for the lab-incident side. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 2h ago
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AI Verified The quote supports a lab-related origin: it says there are "indications" SARS-CoV-2 "may have been" tied to China’s bioweapons research and "spilled over to the human population during a lab-related incident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology," which favors the lab-incident side over natural zoonotic spillover, though it is stated cautiously rather than as absolute proof. ([intelligence.house.gov](https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/final_unclass_summary_covid_origins_report_dec_2022.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 2h ago

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AI Verified The quote is authentic and appears verbatim in the PDF’s executive summary: “Based on our investigation… at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).” The document is the “Unclassified Summary of the Second Interim Report on the Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic” from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Minority, and the source URL contains the text exactly. ([intelligence.house.gov](https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/final_unclass_summary_covid_origins_report_dec_2022.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 2h ago
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