Virologist slams WHO COVID investigation

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We all know that China is doing its very best to muddy the waters around the derivation of COVID-19. At various times it has blamed bats, wet markets, the US military and frozen foods.

The WHO was recently allowed some access to Wuhan finally to investigate. The results were inconclusive to say the least which will not do the credibility of the WHO any good at all.

Nor will new comments at The Australian by leading epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre who asserted yesterday that:

  • The WHO study had “very limited scope”.
  • That the WHO didn’t offer any evidence for its conclusion that the virus did not come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology which was engaged in research on coronaviruses.
  • That the study lacked critical data to draw any conclusions.
  • That one of the members of the WHO team was part of an organisation that funded coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
  • That the WHO is compromised by its “obligation” to member states.
  • And that we need a more “independent” team to find the truth,
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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.