Dr. Anthony Fauci has given his opinions on the origins of COVID-19. He gave his opinions during his appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” He says he is keeping an open mind but he also says that the “scientific evidence strongly suggests it was not leaked from a lab.”
“We keep a completely open mind as to what the origin is,” Fauci said. “Having said that, if you look at the examination by highly qualified international scientists with no political agendas — they’ve published in peer-reviewed journals — that all accumulated evidence, particularly relating to the Chinese bringing into the Wuhan market animals from the wild that should not have been there … the evidence is quite strong that this is a natural occurrence.”
“Does that mean we’ve ruled out that there was something funny going on and it leaked? Absolutely [not],” he added. “I and all of my colleagues keep an absolutely open mind. We’ve got to investigate every possibility because this is too important not to do that. That’s not incompatible with saying the scientific evidence still weighs much more strongly that this is a natural occurrence.”
Fauci also criticized China’s lack of “transparency regarding the origins of COVID-19.” He says that it didn’t help that they refused to cooperate, it made suspicions against them higher. Though Fauci never accused China of covering anything up.
Even though Fauci is retiring from his position, “GOP lawmakers have called for investigations into Fauci’s handling of the pandemic as well as his interactions with Chinese health authorities.” Fauci says he is “more than willing to testify before the House, as he has done many times before.”
What do you think? Was it leaked purposely or was it caused “naturally?”
Source Fox News
