This is a good reminder from a recent article, discussing the covered-up Sverdlovsk lab leak:
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Another good one to keep in mind, from the UK back in 2007:
cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti…

And more recently in China (December 2019):
medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-c….

And the Beijing SARS leaks in 2004, with an attempted cover-up of the first 2 primary cases.
gillesdemaneuf.medium.com/the-good-the-b…

The WHO gave up, handling the investigation over to the Chinese side which did not even publish the report - only a few extracts.

A taste of things to come.

See also my previous post for the astonishing parallels between the situation today and Sverdlovsk:

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