Fauci Says He Is ‘Open’ on Virus Lab Leak Theory

Fauci Says He Is ‘Open’ on Virus Lab Leak Theory
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci addresses the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on Jan. 21, 2021. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters, File Photo
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Dr. Anthony Fauci says he is keeping an “open mind” over claims that the coronavirus may have leaked from a Chinese lab, despite his long-standing assertion that the virus had a natural origin.

“We have an open mind but it looks very much like this was a natural occurrence, but you keep an open mind,” Fauci told Fox News on July 23. The director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases argued that more allegations over the lab leak theory “doesn’t mean there’s more evidence of it.”
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