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Despite clear evidence of mass fatalities, the CCP has chosen to label the ongoing crisis a “flu season,” dismissing public fear and mistrust. Recent legal rulings in the United States, including a landmark decision ordering the CCP to pay $240 billion for hiding information on the pandemic's origins, signal that scrutiny regarding its handling of COVID-19 is intensifying globally. Contentions about the virus's potential lab origin are resurfacing, with various intelligence agencies upholding the theory while the Chinese government continues to reject such notions as political manipulation.