报告中说: 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,在检查了所有可用的情报报告和其他信息后,IC仍然对COVID-19最可能的起源存在分歧。 所有机构都评估两种假设是合理的:自然接触受感染动物和实验室相关事件。)
报告中说: 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. (在没有额外信息的情况下,三个IC机构的分析人员仍然无法就这两种解释达成一致,一些分析人员支持自然来源,其他人支持实验室来源,有些人认为这些假设同样可能。)