This is a lie. I’m getting very tired of watching major news organizations spread claims. Pompeo referenced evidence that it originated at a lab, not that it was man-made. These news organizations have been dishonestly conflating the 2 for months. There is no more exuse for it. https://twitter.com/60minutes/status/1259622086210969616

And the lie has a purpose. NIH is cutting the grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where intel agencies increasingly think COVID-19 may have originated. 60 minutes paints that as a conspiracy to dismiss cutting the grant as irresponsible. https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/1259622911259926528

There is plenty of circumstantial evidence to support that belief, just no direct proof (which may now be impossible bc of China's coverup). If it did leak from there, should we continue to fund research there?

Maybe, but it's not unreasonable to say no or at least pause.

Instead of looking at the possibility honestly and considering the evidence (proximity, China's history of leaks from similar labs in Bejing, the lab's focus, evidence they locked down and cleaned the lab), they twist claims and dismiss it as a political conspiracy.

60 minutes and other outlets have basically resorted to spreading propaganda on behalf of China's regime by framing it this way. A few months ago it was possible to conclude the reporters doing it are just ignorant, but now this is indefensible and deplorable.

Btw almost every major news organization originally cited one expert to determine the virus is not man-made. And for good reason, Richard Ebright, is the top expert in this field. Ebright has repeatedly said COVID-19 could have escaped from that lab: https://twitter.com/peterjhasson/status/1245878484884492299