Congressional Report Exposes Failures in U.S. COVID-19 Policies

The House Select Subcommittee's review highlights mismanagement, misinformation, and detrimental impacts of pandemic-era mandates and decisions.

The report concludes that COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, with U.S.-funded gain-of-function research playing a significant role.
Key public health measures, including social distancing, mask mandates, and lockdowns, were found to lack scientific backing and caused widespread harm to public health and the economy.
Vaccine mandates were criticized for being unsupported by science, negatively impacting individual freedoms, workforce readiness, and military recruitment.
The federal government lost an estimated $255 billion to fraud through pandemic relief programs, including unemployment benefits and the Paycheck Protection Program.
The Biden administration was accused of obstructing the investigation and pressuring social media platforms to censor dissenting perspectives on COVID-19 policies.