{"id":663921,"date":"2025-04-20T03:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T00:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/white-house-touts-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-on-revamped-site\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T03:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T00:48:02","slug":"white-house-touts-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-on-revamped-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-touts-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-on-revamped-site\/","title":{"rendered":"White House touts COVID-19 &#8216;lab leak&#8217; theory on revamped site"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4060d3d15d7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4060d3d15d7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-touts-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-on-revamped-site\/#%E2%80%98Terrible_shame\" >&#8216;Terrible shame&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2021\/1-nihexpertsdi.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2021\/1-nihexpertsdi.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (UK B.1.1.7 variant), isolated from a patient sample and cultivated in cell culture. Credit: NIAID\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2021\/1-nihexpertsdi.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19\" title=\"A transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (UK B.1.1.7 variant), isolated from a patient sample and cultivated in cell culture. Credit: NIAID\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                A transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (UK B.1.1.7 variant), isolated from a patient sample and cultivated in cell culture. Credit: NIAID<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House on Friday unveiled a revamped COVID-19 website that promoted the contentious theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese laboratory, framing it as the pandemic&#8217;s &#8220;true origins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The COVID.gov website, previously focused on promoting vaccine and testing information, now includes a full-length image of President Donald Trump and criticizes the pandemic policies implemented under former president Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The site also targets Anthony Fauci, Biden&#8217;s former chief medical advisor, for advancing what it calls the &#8220;preferred narrative that COVID-19 originated naturally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It presents five bullet points aimed at bolstering the lab leak theory, noting that Wuhan, the site of the first known coronavirus case, is also home to China&#8217;s &#8220;foremost SARS research lab&#8221; and has a history of conducting research at &#8220;inadequate biosafety levels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By nearly all measures of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced. But it hasn&#8217;t,&#8221; the website said.<\/p>\n<p>The lab-leak theory, once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, has recently gained mainstream traction in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Even as the debate remains unresolved\u2014scientifically and politically\u2014US agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Energy have come out in support of the theory, albeit with varying levels of confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Central Intelligence Agency shifted its official stance on the virus&#8217;s origin, saying that it was &#8220;more likely&#8221; leaked from a Chinese lab than transmission from animals.<\/p>\n<p>The assessment drew criticism from China, which said it was &#8220;extremely unlikely&#8221; COVID-19 came from a laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing also urged the United States to &#8220;stop politicizing and instrumentalizing the issue of origin-tracing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The United States and China are currently locked in a major trade war, with Washington announcing Thursday new port fees for Chinese-linked ships and increased tariffs for Chinese goods.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Terrible_shame\"><\/span>&#8216;Terrible shame&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;I welcome all efforts to dig deeper,&#8221; said Jamie Metzl, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in response to the revamped White House website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But it would be a terrible shame if such efforts distracted from essential work to help prevent further infections and treat people suffering from COVID-19 and long COVID,&#8221; he told NPR.<\/p>\n<p>The new site, which <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently seeks to redefine the political narrative about COVID-19, also criticized the mask and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> distancing mandates introduced at the start of the pandemic in 2020. There is also a map of Wuhan that is animated to throb.<\/p>\n<p>Under a section titled &#8220;COVID-19 misinformation,&#8221; it also accused public health officials under the previous administration of demonizing &#8220;alternative treatments&#8221; and colluding with social media companies to censor dissenting views about the pandemic\u2014a charge frequently echoed by US conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has previously rejected the charge that it was suppressing or censoring conservative perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>The website revamp comes after layoffs began earlier this month at major US health agencies, as the Trump administration embarks on a sweeping and scientifically contested restructuring that will cut 10,000 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2014who has alarmed health experts with his rhetoric downplaying the importance of vaccines\u2014said the layoffs were part of a major reform of his department, aiming to refocus efforts on chronic disease prevention.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1 million people died of COVID-19 and related illnesses in the United States, and millions more fell victim to the disease around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2025 AFP\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 White House touts COVID-19 &#8216;lab leak&#8217; theory on revamped site (2025, April 19)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 19 April 2025<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2025-04-white-house-touts-covid-lab.html\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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