報告中說: After examining all available intelligence reporting and other information, though, the IC remains divided on the most likely origin of COVID-19. All agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated incident. (但是,在檢查了所有可用的情報報告和其他信息後,IC仍然對COVID-19最可能的起源存在分歧。 所有機構都評估兩種假設是合理的:自然接觸受感染動物和實驗室相關事件。)
報告中說: Analysts at three IC elements remain unable to coalesce around either explanation without additional information, with some analysts favoring natural origin, others a laboratory origin, and some seeing the hypotheses as equally likely. (在沒有額外信息的情況下,三個IC機構的分析人員仍然無法就這兩種解釋達成一致,一些分析人員支持自然來源,其他人支持實驗室來源,有些人認為這些假設同樣可能。)