"根據英媒《星期日郵報》所獲文件，這項全國性研究於9年前啟動，由中國國家領導機構領導、中國國家自然科學基金資助，目標為發現新病毒，以及檢測涉及疾病傳播的生物學「黑暗物質」；該計畫已有斬獲，其中1名領導研究的科學家在計畫啟動的前3年便發現143種新疾病，而這名科學家曾在2020年1月發布武漢肺炎病毒基因序，成為全球首位發布武漢肺炎病毒基因序者。"
"3月時，追查病毒起源的跨國團隊「DRASTIC」發布25頁調查報告，揭露中國武漢病毒研究所有至少15座數據庫無預警離線，無法讓外部人員進入查看，而數據庫管理員正是石正麗，另備受爭議的主要數據庫「batvirus.whiov.ac.cn」也被封鎖，此數據庫據信存有2.2萬個病毒樣本及病毒基因序列、1.5萬個蝙蝠樣本，並包含1400種蝙蝠病毒；據稱，「batvirus.whiov.ac.cn」自2019年9月就被封鎖，不開放外界查看，直至2019年12月30日才稱完成更新，無獨有偶，中共正是在這一天對外宣稱發現「新型病毒」。"
七個月後的英媒提供更多涉入武漢病毒研究所的軍方人物及其角色:
"The fact that such a virus-detection project is led by both civilian and military scientists appears to confirm incendiary claims from the United States alleging collaboration between the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and the country's 2.1 million-strong armed forces."
"In recent years, China's military has ramped up its hiring of scientists after President Xi Jinping said this was a key element in the nation's march for global supremacy.
Lianchao Han, a dissident who used to work for the Chinese government, said Cao's involvement raised suspicions that military researchers who are experts in coronaviruses might also be involved in bio-defence operations."
從英媒澳媒陸續質疑武漢肺炎起始於武漢病毒實驗室的報導後，終於輪到美媒開始討論這個可能性:
"據《華爾街日報》報導，24日將舉行世界衞生大會（WHA），本次會議預期也會討論下一階段的疫情起源調查。不過就在WHA舉行前夕，有未披露的美國情報報告指出，中國的武漢病毒研究所（WIV，Wuhan Institute of Virology）有3名研究人員在2019年11月曾因生病前往醫院接受治療，這份報告也提供了受影響的研究人員數量、患病時間和就診時間的最新詳細內容，對病毒是否從研究所流出提供了新的線索。"
[ The details of the reporting go beyond a State Department fact sheet, issued during the final days of the Trump administration, which said that several researchers at the lab, a center for the study of coronaviruses and other pathogens, became sick in autumn 2019 “with symptoms consistent with both Covid-19 and common seasonal illness.” ]
[ The disclosure of the number of researchers, the timing of their illnesses and their hospital visits come on the eve of a meeting of the World Health Organization’s decision-making body, which is expected to discuss the next phase of an investigation into Covid-19’s origins. ]
武漢病毒研究所與雲南墨江通關鎮銅礦一起被嚴密阻擋於調查外。
"Chinese authorities have obstructed independent efforts to investigate the mine, setting up a checkpoint nearby where unidentified men stopped several foreign journalists in recent weeks, on one occasion warning there were wild elephants ahead.
A Journal reporter reached the mine by mountain bike but was later detained and questioned for about five hours by police, who deleted a cellphone photograph of the mine. Villagers told the reporter that local officials had warned them not to discuss the mine with outsiders.
There was no sign of nearby villages being evacuated or any recent research activity at the mine. It was so overgrown that its entrance appeared to be inaccessible."
WHO跟UN沒搞清楚的一點是: 所有非CCP者無論個人或組織, 都是被CCP認定的中國境外勢力或準中國境外勢力, 包括中國人自己在內.
[ “Given the relationship between China and the U.S., there’s a negligible chance that the Chinese would capitulate to U.S. requests for a full and independent investigation.”
Complicating matters, leading public health officials—including WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus —have called for a thorough investigation into whether the pandemic could have begun with a lab accident. ]