US Investigating if Chinese Lab Mismanagement Led to Pandemic

U.S. intelligence officials have examined the possibility that the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic originated at a Chinese research lab. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley told reporters Tuesday that investigations were so far "inconclusive, although the weight of the evidence seems to indicate natural. But we don’t know for certain;" a Washington Post column published Tuesday morning described State Department warnings made in 2018 about safety protocols at a lab in Wuhan, China, where researchers were studying coronaviruses in bats. Some left-rated outlets focused on Milley's "inconclusive" remark, while some center-rated outlets concentrated more on the evidence apparently pointing to natural occurrence. Conversely, some right-rated outlets painted the lab origination as more likely than not, citing the Post column.