2021年8月1日に発表された、米議会下院外交委員会・共和党議員団による報告書"THE ORIGIN OF COVID-19: An Investigation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology"
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では、このテキサス大学を中心とする研究を引用し、さらに他の状況証拠を示して、SARS-CoV-2は、中国武漢ウイルス研究所で、コウモリを宿主とするコロナウイルス RaTG13 をソースとして、 [PRRA] の挿入やその他の遺伝子改変を行って、人為的に創り出されたウイルスであると主張している。
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