PoliticsMonday 06.21.21

Has the COVID Origin Story Changed?

No. Despite prominent Republicans declaring the Wuhan lab leak hypothesis “almost a certainty,” U.S. intelligence has remained consistent since the pandemic began: Of two scientifically plausible origin stories for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology is still considered the least probable.

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