The COVID-19 pandemic is believed to have originated from a Wuhan lab, and social distancing measures may not be effective, according to a select committee investigation.

On Monday, a congressional subcommittee concluded its two-year investigation into the coronavirus pandemic, determining that COVID-19 is likely to have originated from a lab in Wuhan, China, and that social distancing and masking were not supported by scientific evidence.

The final report from the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic concluded that COVID-19 is most likely to have originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.

The subcommittee discovered that the virus possesses a biological trait not found in nature and that all COVID-19 cases can be traced back to a single human introduction, according to the report, which supports the "lab leak" theory.

According to the report, if there were evidence of a natural origin, it would have been discovered by now through scientific measures.

The report pointed out that China's top SARS research lab is located in Wuhan, where there is a history of conducting gain-of-function research with inadequate biosafety standards. Additionally, researchers at the lab were reportedly sick with a COVID-like virus in the fall of 2019, several months before the virus was discovered at the wet market.

At the start of the pandemic, there were initial rumors that China's wet markets, which sell meat, fish, produce, and exotic animals in unsanitary conditions, were the source of the virus.

The report discovered that social distancing was not grounded in scientific evidence.

According to the report, Dr. Fauci stated during closed door testimony that the guidance he followed "just appeared."

The federal government's coronavirus pandemic response was publicly represented by Fauci. He has been subject to severe criticism for his management of the pandemic.

No conclusive evidence was found by the subcommittee that wearing masks protected Americans from COVID-19.

The report revealed that the measures resulted in long-term consequences, including a significant increase in unemployment and a loss of academic progress among American children.