Covid bioweapon claims ‘scientifically invalid’, US intelligence reports

…The theory that the virus, known as Sars-CoV-2, was a bioweapon, which was propagated by Senator Tom Cotton and other hardline Republicans, is rejected at the start of the ODNI report. 

"We remain skeptical of allegations that SARS-CoV-2 was a biological weapon because they are supported by scientifically invalid claims, their proponents do not have direct access to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), or their proponents are suspected of spreading disinformation," the study said…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/29/us-intelligence-report-covid-origins