Evidence Weighs Against Intentional Release of Virus, Top US General Says

An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 17, 2020. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

Evidence gathered by the U.S. military weighs against a theory that the CCP virus was purposely released from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, the Pentagon’s top uniformed official said.

“The weight of evidence—nothing is conclusive—the weight of evidence is that it is natural and not man-made,” U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley told reporters at the Pentagon on May 5.