Origin Covid, in the hands of the US intelligence data laboratory Wuhan

American intelligence agencies are probing a gigantic ‘catalog of genetic information’ which, once decrypted, could provide revelations on the origins of the Coronavirus. CNN writes about it, specifying that among the data there are the genetic models obtained from the virus samples studied in the Wuhan laboratory, considered by many as the possible initial source of the pandemic. It is not clear, the broadcaster specifies, how the intelligence agencies had access to the information, even if the systems used to process this type of data – according to the various sources cited by CNN – are normally connected to remote cloud-based servers. which leaves open the possibility of infiltration. Turning this huge amount of raw data into usable information presents a number of challenges, not least the harnessing of enough computing power to process it all. To do this, the agencies rely on the supercomputers of the Department of Energy’s National Labs, a group of 17 elite government research institutes. Then there is a manpower problem. Not only do intelligence agencies need government scientists skilled enough to interpret complex gene sequencing data – scientists with the necessary security clearance – but they also need to speak Mandarin Chinese. “Of course there are scientists authorized from the point of view of national security. But do they speak Mandarin? Few. And not only scientists, but also specialists in the field. You understand immediately how all this becomes complicated”, explains to the broadcaster a knowledgeable source. of the intelligence organization. The officials involved hope this information will help answer the question of how the virus passed from animals to humans. Unlocking this mystery is essential to ultimately determine whether Covid-19 leaked from the laboratory or was transmitted to humans by animals in the wild, several sources explain to CNN. Investigators have long searched for genetic data relating to virus samples. studied at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Such data was removed from the internet by Chinese officials in September 2019, and China has since refused to hand over this and other items on the first Coronavirus cases to the World Health Organization and the United States, it reads.