food safety specialist peter benembarak, told tv 2 their chinese counterparts didn t want to include the lab leak theory at all. [ speaking foreign language ] was a full evaluation of the lab meant to be part of this report? we didn t have people on the mission team who were experts in biosafety, biosecurity. so it wasn t really their mandate to do. if the report was never meant to investigate the lab leak theory, why was dr. tedros critical of it? they classified it as extremely unlikely. for us to be able to take it off the table, it needs to be studied properly, it needs to be studied thoroughly. it was just one of many red flags that dogged the report. they had very, very limited access to the labs. they were very limited in their movements. members of that w.h.o. team
from the outside in, they say there is all these different possibilities. why weren t they explored or investigated thoroughly including a forensic examination of the lab? is that a fair line of questioning? absolutely. of course. we have to agree on what happens for it to happen. both foreign and chinese scientists were part of the w.h.o. effort and team members said they had to agree on the contents of the report. the head of the team, w.h.o. food safety specialist told tv 2 their chinese counterparts didn t even want to include the lab leak theory at all. we started to submit and s [speaking foreign language]. was a full evaluation meant to be part of this report? we didn t have people on the mission team who were experts on bio safety and bio security so it wasn t really their mandate