BOMBSHELL: WSJ reports that 3 Wuhan lab researchers 'became sick enough in November 2019 that they sought hospital care'

The Wall Street Journal released a bombshell on Sunday on the origins of COVID-19 in China, reporting that “three Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers became sick enough in November 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a U.S. intelligence report that could add to calls for a fuller probe of whether the Covid-19 virus may have escaped from the lab”:

Three Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers became sick enough in November 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a U.S. intelligence report that could add to calls for a fuller probe of whether the Covid-19 virus may have escaped from the lab https://t.co/kzvVbFQZDf

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 23, 2021

“The plot thickens,” indeed:

The plot thickens https://t.co/YtJVIvfoqe

— Josh Glancy (@joshglancy) May 23, 2021

Well, maybe it should’ve been disclosed earlier?

https://twitter.com/anthony/status/1396544753194373121?s=11

This WSJ report comes “just prior to a meeting of a @WHO group expected to discuss the next phase of an investigation into the origins of #COVID19”:

The disclosure comes just prior to a meeting of a @WHO group expected to discuss the next phase of an investigation into the origins of #COVID19.

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 23, 2021

There are some caveats, however:

"… officials familiar with the intelligence about the lab researchers expressed differing views about the strength of the supporting evidence..One said that it was provided by an international partner and was potentially significant but still in need of further investigation" https://t.co/G1XQDx6Rj6

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) May 23, 2021

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But this is rich. It was just the flu?

"It isn’t unusual for people in China to go straight to the hospital when they fall sick, either because they get better care there or lack access to a general practitioner. Covid-19 and the flu … some of the same symptoms" https://t.co/Rxoaik32ic

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) May 23, 2021

Nate Silver now has lab leak at 60%, natural origin at 40%:

My priors:

Lab leak 60% (⬆️ +20%)
Natural origin 40% (⬇️ -20%) https://t.co/3D1MNOq3lu

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 23, 2021

So, when can we expect some corrections? From last May:

President Trump contradicts the US intel community by claiming he's seen evidence that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab https://t.co/mnUSHUyZXf pic.twitter.com/pInZ4Of18X

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 1, 2020

And let’s not forget all the people who lost their social media accounts over it:

Dear @Twitter does discussing the "lab-leak hypothesis" still get you banned? Asking for the entire mainstream media.

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 23, 2021

Over to you, Facebook:

https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/1396586046838747136

Not just apologies, though. Facebook, Twitter, etc. should reinstate any account banned over it:

The New York Post will accept your apologies now, Facebook "fact-checkers." https://t.co/1w8gH8Tm76

— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) May 23, 2021

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