White House Reveals COVID Lab Leak Theory as ‘true origins’ of Pandemic in Flashy New Website that Blasts Biden, Fauci and Cuomo; China Reacts to Trump’s COVID-19 ‘Lab Leak’ Website, and other C-Virus related stories
White House reveals COVID lab leak theory as ‘true origins’ of pandemic in flashy new website that blasts Biden, Fauci and Cuomo:
The White House revamped its COVID-19 information website on Friday, unveiling a sleek new landing page dedicated to the “true origins” of the pandemic.
COVID.gov, which previously contained information about testing, treatment and vaccination against the coronavirus, now redirects to a website that reads, “Lab Leak: True Origins of COVID-19.”
The webpage slams both the Biden administration and former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the pandemic — and indicates that the Trump administration is fully onboard with the theory that COVID-19 leaked out of a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
The new website lays out five reasons why COVID-19 likely originated from a Chinese lab:
- “The virus possesses a biological characteristic that is not found in nature.”
- “Data shows that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction into humans. This runs contrary to previous pandemics where there were multiple spillover events.”
- “Wuhan is home to China’s foremost SARS research lab, which has a history of conducting gain-of-function research (gene altering and organism supercharging) at inadequate biosafety levels.”
- “Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) researchers were sick with COVID-like symptoms in the fall of 2019, months before COVID-19 was discovered at the wet market.”
- “By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced. But it hasn’t.”
The information is sourced from the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, which released a comprehensive, 557-page report on its findings in December 2024.
The House panel concluded that COVID-19 likely leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where research group EcoHealth Alliance was conducting taxpayer-funded experiments on coronaviruses.
The FBI, the Energy Department’s National Laboratories and several former federal officials, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe, have reached the same conclusion. —>READ MORE HERE
China Reacts to Trump’s COVID-19 ‘Lab Leak’ Website:
China has accused the U.S. of politicizing the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic after the Donald Trump administration published a webpage promoting the theory the virus began in a lab in Wuhan.
“Rehashing the ‘lab leak’ theory on relevant website and smearing China with unsubstantiated accusations is just another ploy the U.S. uses for political manipulation under the pretext of COVID origins-tracing,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said.
Why It Matters
The coronavirus that killed millions worldwide remains a source of tension between Beijing and Washington. The theory it escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where gain-of-function experiments were known to have been conducted on humanized mice, has steadily gained traction. In January, the CIA assessed this was a more likely source than nature.
The U.S. statement comes amid President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the global trade order, threatening tariffs on scores of countries to lower duties on American goods and vowing to revive domestic manufacturing. To bring China to the negotiating table, Trump has repeatedly raised tariffs on Chinese imports—prompting Beijing to retaliate with its own measures.
Newsweek reached out to the White House by email with a request for comment outside of office hours.
What To Know
Speaking to reporters during the Chinese Foreign Minstry’s regular press briefing, Guo called on Washington to “stop politicizing and weaponizing origins tracing” and “stop scapegoating others.”
The U.S. should also “stop playing deaf to the questions concerning its role in the pandemic,” the official said, adding that Washington owes the world a full investigation. —>READ MORE HERE
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