Covid, Biden orders intelligence to investigate virus origin
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May 27, 2021 "In light of ongoing investigations into the origin of Covid and after consultations with our public health experts,
we will no longer remove claims that Covid was generated in the laboratory from our platforms
," said a Facebook spokesperson explaining to the political newspaper The Hill the social media's decision to stop the measure that banned the publication of posts speculating on the origin of the pandemic, including one that was caused by an accident in the laboratory.
"We are continuing to work with experts to
keep abreast of the evolving nature of the pandemic and regularly update our policies.
as new facts and trends emerge, "added the Facebook spokesman who announced last December that he would be targeting posts containing misinformation about Covid.
The decision announced by Facebook follows statements by President Joe Biden, who has announced that it had asked intelligence to "redouble its efforts" to reach a "definitive conclusion" regarding the origin of the virus within 90 days. Meanwhile, the
Senate has approved the law requiring intelligence to declassify
, again within 90 days days, all information relating to the origin of the virus, in particular on the role of China.
In the midst of the reignited national debate on the possibility that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory, the
American Senate approved the law for the declassification of information relating to the origin of Covid
. Presented by two Republican senators, the law requires the director of National Intelligence within 90 days to authorize the disclosure of "any possible information relating to the potential link between the Wuhan virology institute and the origin of the coronavirus."
"The American people have the right to be informed about the origins of Covid - said in the courtroom one of the senators sponsoring the law Josh Hawley, a great ally of Donald Trump in Congress - they have the right to know how this terrible pandemic has devastated the world and our country, how it started and what is the role of China ".
In particular, the law requests that information be disclosed regarding the activity of the Wuhan laboratory, research programs for the Chinese army and
news relating to Chinese researchers who would have been hospitalized in the autumn of 2019 with symptoms attributable to Covid
, as revealed by the American media in recent days.
Biden ordered a firm conclusion on the origin of the pandemic, determining whether it was caused naturally - that is, by the transmission of the virus from animals to humans - or whether it was the result of a laboratory accident.