Idk because none of the articles outright say that the researchers actually had covid.
From the nypost article:
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The Wall Street Journal, which cited current and former US officials, reported that the intelligence gathered by “an international partner” expands on a State Department document confirming that workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill with symptoms “consistent with both Covid-19 and common seasonal illness” in fall 2019."
Like who is this "international partner? What is this intelligence? Can we see it for ourselves?
"The officials were split on the strength of the intelligence, with one telling the Journal it needed more corroboration and another saying it was “of exquisite quality” and “very precise.” Both agreed that the intelligence stopped short of confirming the researchers had contracted coronavirus."
Right here the article outright basically states "we don't actually even know if they had coronavirus".
I would love to know who these three people are, where they were hospitalized, how they were treated, etc but we don't know. I'd like to know who this "international partner is", how they got this information, why they're only revealing it now, and why their identity has to be secret. I'd also like to see a direct quote from this international partner. Who are these "officials" who received the intelligence? How do all of these news sites have this information? How did it get out? Why isn't this international news?
So I dunno, just seems like more media hubbub to keep the drama fires stoked about China. Sure, maybe this is a true story, I'm not just gonna deny the possibility but with all the vague details I don't see why someone couldn't just make this all up in an hour. I feel like there would be much more info if this was actually true, like the Panama papers. But... as far as we know... there just isn't lol. Trust me, I'd love for life to be as cut and dry as this, but it never is. A story like this just isn't credible and wouldn't stand up to actual journalistic standards. It seems just like a rumor that started with the Wall Street Journal that some news sites have just repeated because they know it'll get them clicks and money, which is what US news media always does because corporations value profit over good journalism.
I'd love to look more into the source but everything leads to the Wall Street Journal (since that's who these articles cite) and their articles are all locked behind a paywall (great journalism guys) so I literally can't look any further. Is there a possibility that covid 19 came from a lab? Sure. Is it possible Mario is gay? Also sure. Is it a "strong possibility?" Not really, considering what evidence we actually have.
