U.S. Intelligence Inquiry into COVID Origins Remains Stalled Despite New Reports

US intelligence agencies expect to release declassified reports on the origins of COVID-19 but have found no definitive evidence whether it originated naturally or from a lab leak.
Senior intelligence officials do not believe they will find a single piece of evidence that solves the mystery of COVID's origins.
American intelligence officials believe China hampered early efforts to understand the coronavirus outbreak.
Recent news reports revealed Wuhan researchers got sick in 2019, but intelligence officials dismissed that evidence as irrelevant.
There is no smoking gun evidence to prove either natural transmission or a lab leak caused the initial COVID-19 outbreak.