Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas accused China of engaging in 'the worst cover-up in human history.'
pandemic “more likely than not” was the result of an accidental leak at a laboratory in China.
“I do think it’s more likely than not it emerged out of the lab ― most likely accidentally ― for several reasons,” McCaul told host Jake Tapper. “And first of all ... let me say this is the worst cover-up in human history, that we’ve seen, resulting in 3.5 million deaths, creating economic devastation around the globe.”
McCaul accused the Chinese government of destroying samples from the lab in an attempt to bury evidence of a leak and initially refusing to admit that the virus could be transmitted among humans. He also pointed toa Chinese research lab in Beijing in 2004, which resulted in at least six positive cases and the forced quarantining of hundreds of people, McCaul said.
Though many Democrats initially dismissed the lab leak theory, with some even condemning it as rooted in racism, others have begun to accept it as a possibility.his push for the U.S. intelligence community to “redouble its efforts” in investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new report, which is expected to build on existing intelligence, is due within 90 days.
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