Day: April 8, 2021

Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Why He Gives Weight to ‘Informed’ Theory That Covid Leaked From Wuhan Lab

Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Why He Gives Weight to ‘Informed’ Theory That Covid Leaked From Wuhan Lab

The most noteworthy revelation from those interviews, I thought, was former CDC Director Robert Redfield’s opinion that Covid-19 originated not from a wet market, but accidentally leaked from a lab in Wuhan. Redfield stressed that this was his opinion (but an informed one, given his expertise as a virologist). It nonetheless sparked controversy. China has vehemently denied that the virus could have leaked from a lab, and some in U.S. media have reflexively labeled the theory a conspiracy.