"Early Evidence: China's Advance Knowledge of COVID-19 Revealed"
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The genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was quietly posted to a U.S. government website by a Chinese scientist in December 2019, raising questions about what China and the U.S. government knew about the virus and when. This has led to renewed scrutiny on the timeline of the virus' discovery and the potential impact on vaccine development. Republican members of Congress have expressed outrage and are demanding more information about the virus' origins and what U.S. officials knew when.
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- Genetic sequence of coronavirus was submitted to US database two weeks before China’s official disclosure, documents show CNN
- China's withholding of COVID-19 bug's genome for weeks just adds to its outrageous record New York Post
- Chinese scientist mapped covid genes weeks before official release, records show The Washington Post
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