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Famous US economist Jeffrey Sachs, who led a two-year probe into the pandemic's origins, said he was 'pretty convinced' the virus was the result of 'US lab biotechnology'.
The claim, made at a global conference last month, has been seized upon by Chinese Government officials who said it warranted a 'thorough investigation'.
Professor Sachs, who was twice named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, admitted 'we don't know for sure'.
'But there's enough evidence that it should be looked into and it's not being investigated — not in the US, not anywhere.'
He added: 'I think for real reasons, they [US officials] don't want to look under the rug too much.'
Critics have previously described Professor Sachs as a President Xi 'propagandist', dismissing China's genocide of Uighurs and publicly calling for US cooperation.
Speaking at a conference on June 15, Professor Sachs said: 'I'll add one provocative statement, it may shock you or not shock you, you may say "I already know that Professor Sachs".
'But I chaired a commission for the lancet for two years on Covid.
'I'm pretty convinced it came out of US lab biotechnology — not out of nature — just to mention after two years of intensive work on this.
'So it's a blunder in my view — of biotech — not an accident or natural spillover.'
A video of the full conference, organised by Spanish globalisation think-tank Gate Centre, was posted on YouTube last month.
But his comments have been clipped and shared on Twitter by at least two Chinese diplomats in recent days.
Hua Chunying, the country's assistant minister of foreign affairs, tweeted: 'Given the heavy human and economic toll taken by the virus, don't we owe it to the millions of lives lost to have a thorough investigation into US labs?'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...RICAN-lab-claims-professor-Jeffrey-Sachs.html
The claim, made at a global conference last month, has been seized upon by Chinese Government officials who said it warranted a 'thorough investigation'.
Professor Sachs, who was twice named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, admitted 'we don't know for sure'.
'But there's enough evidence that it should be looked into and it's not being investigated — not in the US, not anywhere.'
He added: 'I think for real reasons, they [US officials] don't want to look under the rug too much.'
Critics have previously described Professor Sachs as a President Xi 'propagandist', dismissing China's genocide of Uighurs and publicly calling for US cooperation.
Speaking at a conference on June 15, Professor Sachs said: 'I'll add one provocative statement, it may shock you or not shock you, you may say "I already know that Professor Sachs".
'But I chaired a commission for the lancet for two years on Covid.
'I'm pretty convinced it came out of US lab biotechnology — not out of nature — just to mention after two years of intensive work on this.
'So it's a blunder in my view — of biotech — not an accident or natural spillover.'
A video of the full conference, organised by Spanish globalisation think-tank Gate Centre, was posted on YouTube last month.
But his comments have been clipped and shared on Twitter by at least two Chinese diplomats in recent days.
Hua Chunying, the country's assistant minister of foreign affairs, tweeted: 'Given the heavy human and economic toll taken by the virus, don't we owe it to the millions of lives lost to have a thorough investigation into US labs?'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...RICAN-lab-claims-professor-Jeffrey-Sachs.html