Some official investigations, however, have raised the the question of whether the virus escaped from a lab in wuhan Two years ago a report by the energy department concluded a lab leak was the most likely origin, though that report also expressed low confidence in the finding. This month the organisation said it was a moral and scientific imperative for china to offer the necessary data and access Why is there support for the lab leak theory? Theories about a potential lab origin have also fueled speculation about the involvement of accomplices outside of wuhan, in china or abroad. The lab leak theory gained currency among republicans in the spring of 2020 after president donald j
Trump, who used inflammatory terms to blame china for the pandemic, latched onto the idea. The theory that a lab leak in wuhan started the pandemic is widely believed in the united staes
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