No smoking gun for COVID-19 lab-leak theory, but the barrel is warm, witnesses tell House panel
said the unprecedented nature of the virus and its features support the lab theory.said. “These have never been seen before in any other viruses of its type.”The Department of Energy recently concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely resulted from a laboratory leak in
A Tipp Insights poll taken this month, in the wake of those assessments, found that 52% of Americans support the lab leak theory. That was up from 44% in May 2021 and 47% in late 2021 and early 2022.Of those who buy the lab theory, more than half believe the virus was released on purpose, Tipp Insights found. An additional 31% believe the virus leaked accidentally.
Documents obtained by the subcommittee show that Dr. Fauci “prompted” a paper in February 2020 dismissing the theory that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. was not responsible. Dr. Fauci repeatedly cited the paper to reporters and the public throughout 2020 to cast doubt on the lab leak theory.told the subcommittee that government scientists attached themselves to the natural spillover theory early on and wanted to box out people like him who believed a lab leak had credence.
Despite partisan bickering, the Chinese government was the top target for witnesses and lawmakers at the hearing.
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