The Department of Energy became the second federal agency to determine that COVID-19 originated from a lab leak in China.
. From the onset of the pandemic, questions emerged about the virus' origins with two leading theories typically dominating the scientific community.
Most scientists initially believed the virus was likely transmitted to"patient zero" via a bat in an open-air market in Wuhan. However, a second theory that the virus could have been man-made and leaked from a nearby lab has also gained traction, though U.S. government agencies largely remain divided about the origins of the disease.
The report did not confirm or show evidence of conspiracy theories that have spread on social media amid the pandemic, including that the virus was made as a biological weapon or that Dr. , the former director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was involved in the leak. China has denied lab leak theories. In June 2022, the Chinese government's official press agency, Xinhua,
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