The House Oversight Committee has released its final report on COVID-19, confirming many of the theories and claims labeled as “conspiracy” or “misinformation” during the pandemic. The report focuses on the origins of the coronavirus and the federal government’s funding of gain-of-function research. It concludes that COVID-19 most likely originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
The committee highlights five key arguments supporting the “lab leak” theory. First, the virus displays a biological characteristic not typically found in nature. Second, data reveals that all COVID-19 cases trace back to a single introduction into humans, unlike previous pandemics, which involved multiple spillover events. Third, Wuhan houses China’s leading SARS research facility, which has a history of conducting gain-of-function experiments under inadequate biosafety conditions. Fourth, researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology reportedly became ill with a COVID-like virus in the fall of 2019, months before the outbreak was linked to a wet market. Finally, the lack of scientific evidence for a natural origin, even after years of research, strengthens the lab leak hypothesis.
The House Oversight Committee has also determined that Dr. Anthony Fauci played a key role in suppressing the truth about the origins of COVID-19. According to the report, Dr. Fauci orchestrated the creation of the publication “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2,” which was widely cited by public health officials and media outlets to discredit the lab leak theory. This publication was allegedly crafted to promote the narrative that COVID-19 originated naturally rather than in a laboratory.
The report further concludes that a lab-related incident involving gain-of-function research is the most likely origin of COVID-19. It highlights that current government mechanisms for overseeing gain-of-function research are inadequate, overly complex, and lack global enforcement. This oversight failure has underscored the need for more stringent and transparent regulations to mitigate risks posed by such experiments.