A scientist who worked closely with the Wuhan Institute of Virology is claiming that COVID-19 was genetically engineered in the lab and escaped due to inadequate control measures.
Up to this point, we’ve had reason to believe this was the case, but the explosive claim is finally being made by Dr. Andrew Huff, former vice president of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that funds scientific research, including some of the research being conducted at the Wuhan lab.
According to The Sun Online, which obtained a review copy of Huff’s new book The Truth About Wuhan, the epidemiologist claims that China’s gain-of-function experiments were carried out with poor biosecurity, which led to a lab leak at the US-funded laboratory.
Many have suggested that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is the original source of COVID-19, but this is the first time that someone with close ties to the lab has lent their credibility to the theory.
According to The Sun, Huff goes on to brand the leak “one of the greatest cover-ups in history” and the “biggest US intelligence failure since 9/11.”
Both China and the lab have furiously denied any allegations – but evidence of a lab leak has been piling up over the last two years as scientists, researchers and governments hunt for answers and step forward with evidence.
Dozens of experts have suggested Covid could have escaped from the Wuhan lab through an infected researcher, improper disposal of waste, or potential breaches in the security at the site.
Even the head of the World Health Organisation reportedly believes Covid did leak from the lab after a “catastrophic accident”.
Dr. Huff, who worked at EcoHealth Alliance from 2014 to 2016 and served as vice president from 2015, worked on the classified side of the research program as a US government scientist.
The army veteran, from Michigan, said the organization taught the Wuhan lab the “best existing methods to engineer bat coronaviruses to attack other species” for many years.
And he claimed, “China knew from day one that this was a genetically engineered agent”.
“The US government is to blame for the transfer of dangerous biotechnology to the Chinese,” he said.
Speaking to The Sun Online, Dr. Huff added: “I was terrified by what I saw. We were just handing them bioweapon technology.”‘
Dr. Huff said: “Nobody should be surprised that the Chinese lied about the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 and then went to extraordinary lengths to make it appear as if the disease naturally emerged.
“The shocking part of all of this is how the United States government lied to all of us.”
A copy of the book The Truth About Wuhan can be purchased on Amazon.
You can read the full story at The Sun Online.
