{"id":1802,"date":"2023-03-08T16:15:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T21:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2023-03-08T16:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T21:15:26","slug":"china-continues-to-block-us-probe-into-origins-of-covid-19-lawmakers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1802","title":{"rendered":"China Continues to Block US Probe Into Origins of COVID-19, Lawmakers Say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1803\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-12.png 700w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-12-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-12-293x176.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-12-390x234.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Laboratory technicians wearing personal protective equipment working on samples to be tested for COVID-19 at the Fire Eye laboratory, a COVID-19 testing facility, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, on Aug. 4, 2021. (STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to hamper U.S. efforts to determine the origin of&nbsp;COVID-19, according to Reps. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and&nbsp;Mike Turner (R-Ohio).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmakers made the comments during an appearance on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/march-5-reps-mike-turner-and-jim-himes-gov-chris-sununu-164507205672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;that aired on March 5, when Himes noted that it \u201cmay be forever\u201d before Washington knows exactly where the virus originated from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have so few facts because the Chinese regime has obfuscated,\u201d said Himes,\u00a0the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-continues-to-block-us-probe-into-origins-of-covid-19-lawmakers-say_5101780.html\">https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-continues-to-block-us-probe-into-origins-of-covid-19-lawmakers-say_5101780.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to hamper U.S. efforts to determine the origin of&nbsp;COVID-19, according to Reps. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and&nbsp;Mike Turner (R-Ohio). The lawmakers made the comments during an appearance on&nbsp;NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d&nbsp;that aired on March 5, when Himes noted that it \u201cmay be forever\u201d before Washington knows exactly where the virus originated from. \u201cWe have so few facts because the Chinese regime has obfuscated,\u201d said Himes,\u00a0the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. 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