> "The administrative investigation is not related to the shipment of virus samples to China," Eric Morrissette, chief of media relations for Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada wrote in an email.
> "In response to a request from the Wuhan Institute of Virology for viral samples of Ebola and Henipah viruses, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) sent samples for the purpose of scientific research in 2019."
So the investigation hasn't got anything to do with the shipment of the samples (because they were authorised at higher levels) but the article really really wants to give the impression otherwise.
And even their expert contradicts themselves, first suggesting a spying conspiracy but later admitting:
> "I am extremely unhappy to see that the Canadian government shared that genetic material."
Pick one! It is either Chinese spies acting alone or the Public Health Agency did it on purpose, you cannot argue both at the same time.
Honestly this is like Daily Mail/Fox News tier of bad journalism. The entire article is full of this double speak nonsense.
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[ 397 ms ] story [ 189 ms ] thread> "The administrative investigation is not related to the shipment of virus samples to China," Eric Morrissette, chief of media relations for Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada wrote in an email.
> "In response to a request from the Wuhan Institute of Virology for viral samples of Ebola and Henipah viruses, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) sent samples for the purpose of scientific research in 2019."
So the investigation hasn't got anything to do with the shipment of the samples (because they were authorised at higher levels) but the article really really wants to give the impression otherwise.
And even their expert contradicts themselves, first suggesting a spying conspiracy but later admitting:
> "I am extremely unhappy to see that the Canadian government shared that genetic material."
Pick one! It is either Chinese spies acting alone or the Public Health Agency did it on purpose, you cannot argue both at the same time.
Honestly this is like Daily Mail/Fox News tier of bad journalism. The entire article is full of this double speak nonsense.
> Documents show concerns about Ebola shipment from National Microbiology Lab, no relation to COVID-19
It's like 'yes, this was clickbait'.