Trump support for Wuhan COVID lab leak theory "undermines faith" in science | The World | ABC NEWS
The Trump administration has relaunched COVID-19 health websites, blaming the origins of the coronavirus on a lab leak in China and criticising former president Joe Biden. Websites such as Covid.gov and Covidtests.gov were formerly government-run websites where Americans could receive information on long COVID, vaccine options and testing resources. But as of Friday local time, the administration redirected those seeking out the websites to information critical of former top US health official Anthony Fauci and the World Health Organization — favouring a laboratory leak theory. Infectious diseases expert, Professor Paul Griffin, told The World the White House site makes it harder for people to find information they might need to look after themselves now.
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