- The release of the reports follows Congress having been told in a classified briefing the virus was likely and accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Virology Lab, in the same city as the wet market.
- The leader of Communist-run China have said from the start of the pandemic that the virus jumped from animal to human at the market, where exotic animals are sold as food.
- The most recent report states the raccoon dogs were illegally being sold at a wet seafood market in China.
- The report comes from a team of scientists from around the globe that made the announcement Thursday.
- The recent classified briefing was followed by the Energy Department concluding with “low confidence” the pandemic started as the result of a lab leak.
