Fauci admits scientists acknowledged COVID-19 could be lab-invented illness in early 2020
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Dr. Anthony Fauci said scientists, dating back to February 2020, acknowledged COVID-19 "could possibly be an engineered virus" with the potential of an accidental leak from a lab but maintains that the most likely origin was through zoonotic transmission.
"I remember it very well," Fauci told USA Today. "We decided on the call the situation really needed to be looked into carefully." The call included several scientists, including Kristian Andersen, an expert in infectious disease at Scripps Research Translational Institute in California.More Related News