WHO team headed to Wuhan to investigate Covid-19 origins unclear if China will try to ‘prevent embarrassing discoveries’

From the Associated Press:

A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.

The group sent to Wuhan by the World Health Organization was approved by President Xi Jinping’s government after months of diplomatic wrangling that prompted an unusual public complaint by the head of WHO.

For the WHO and the media there might be some things that remain “unclear,” but not for many others:

“ uncertainty”
“Might”

Media wonders if an authoritarian government that’s currently engaged in a high-tech genocide would try and hide any embarrassing failures in city where covid was first detected …

Is anyone home? https://t.co/trtCX969jI

— Matt Vespa (@mVespa1) January 14, 2021

Imagine trying to investigate a crime scene a year later after the suspects, along with their own team of experts have had a year to do whatever they want with the evidence. It's going to be difficult to uncover anything that China doesn't want the investigators to uncover.

— MatthewJames (@Matthew07311935) January 14, 2021

CSI shows up a year later at a murder scene & finds no evidence ??‍♂️ https://t.co/uKoveZdsb7

— TheRightWingM ?? (@TheRightWingM) January 14, 2021

You kidding right? They're putting chinese reporters in jail just for spreading information. Of course they'll hide as much as they can https://t.co/abpQu34OvT

— Mochidisaster ? (@Goofnuggetbean) January 14, 2021

Researchers only arriving now…..wouldn't trust that lot. Perhaps they should have started there instead of only getting there a year after the virus has hit the globe

— boiboi (@chelseaboi10) January 14, 2021

Also ridiculous, this should have been done immediately. What possible evidence would be there after a year? I'm not speculating what might be found, it makes no sense to carry out an investigation so late. https://t.co/irBtIIlKFH

— Crafty Miss (@did_40) January 14, 2021

We’re just guessing, but now the WHO will be able to say “we checked it out and found nothing.”

I bet they won't find anything conclusive.. ? https://t.co/7IbdxJNQZ9

— Sauron (@nithinmanuel) January 14, 2021

That’s very likely.