The official White House website now advances lab‑leak as the most likely origin of COVID‑19, citing gain‑of‑function work in Wuhan, early illnesses at WIV, and lack of natural‑origin evidence. It also claims HHS/NIH obstructed oversight and notes a DOJ investigation into EcoHealth.
— An executive‑branch endorsement of lab‑leak elevates the hypothesis from dissident claim to governing narrative, with implications for scientific trust, biosafety rules, and congressional oversight.
Robin Hanson
2025.11.29
46% relevant
Both pieces concern how executive and national security narratives can reframe contested origin stories (lab‑leak for a pandemic, UFO origin here). Hanson’s claim that war departments actively shape public belief parallels how administrations publicly endorse or suppress specific origin explanations, with similar governance and oversight implications.
2025.10.07
100% relevant
Whitehouse.gov page alleging Fauci’s role in 'Proximal Origin,' HHS obstruction, and a DOJ probe of EcoHealth Alliance.
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