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White House Promotes Controversial Lab Leak Theory on COVID-19

4/20/2025

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The White House has launched a new webpage, "Lab Leak: True Origins of COVID-19," advocating the controversial theory that the virus emerged from a Wuhan lab. While it outlines five supporting arguments, many scientists decry the claims as misleading and driven by politics, fueling the ongoing debate over the pandemic's origins.

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The White House has launched a new webpage, "Lab Leak: True Origins of COVID-19," advocating the controversial theory that the virus emerged from a Wuhan lab. While it outlines five supporting arguments, many scientists decry the claims as misleading and driven by politics, fueling the ongoing debate over the pandemic's origins.