US State Department statement that Chinese researchers inside Wuhan Lab got sick before Covid-19 Pandemic began

https://www.state.gov/fact-sheet-activity-at-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology/

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1. Illnesses inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV):

The U.S. government has reason to believe that several researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, before the first identified case of the outbreak, with symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illnesses. This raises questions about the credibility of WIV senior researcher Shi Zhengli’s public claim that there was “zero infection” among the WIV’s staff and students of SARS-CoV-2 or SARS-related viruses.

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