According to a declassified study from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), there is no evidence to support recent accusations that three lab scientists were among the first to contract Covid-19 and may have even invented the virus. This is according to France 24. Based on information gathered by several US intelligence community (IC) member agencies, the ODNI report claimed that some scientists at the Wuhan lab had genetically modified coronaviruses identical to Covid-19. However, the US “has no information” that they had conducted such research on the particular Covid-19 virus, also known as SARS-CoV-2, or on any “close progenitor, or a backbone virus that is closely related-enough to have been the source of the pandemic.” The study, which was created for Congress and contained an unclassified annexe, was issued three months after lawmakers demanded a more thorough explanation of the details provided by US intelligence regarding the causes of the epidemic that broke out at the tail end of 2019.