WSJ & Dr Anthony Fauci Throw Up Doubts
A rush of events has caused the conversation around the origin of the novel coronavirus (which had never completely died down, much like the virus itself) to come to a head.
This is noteworthy new information since China has said the first confirmed case only occurred on 8 December 2019. Reacting to the report by WSJ, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said it was ‘totally untrue’.
Meanwhile, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who has been one of the most recognised faces and experts on COVID-19, appeared to have begun hedging on his previous stance that the virus was of natural origins.
When asked by PolitiFact’s Katie Sanders if he was still confident that COVID-19 had developed naturally, he said he was “not convinced”.
Dr Fauci was referring to the WHO’s joint study with China wherein it indicated that it is more likely the virus has been transmitted from bats…