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How
exactly did the coronavirus pandemic begin? More than a year after the outbreak spread across and upended the world, we still do not have a firm answer. But new reporting has sparked renewed interest in the virus’ origins. And with cases and deaths on the decline in the US, the topic is back in the spotlight.
One of this week’s top headlines came on Wednesday when President Biden announced that he had directed the intelligence agencies to “collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion” within 90 days. That announcement followed a Sunday WSJ report, confirmed by CNN and other media orgs, that the US had intelligence about three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology becoming ill in November 2019.
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