Last week, the Director of National Intelligence said there was no evidence that the virus was manmade or genetically modified.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday repeated a conspiracy theory alleging that Chinese scientists made the coronavirus — which has killed nearly 250,000 people worldwide — in a lab, contradicting findings by the intelligence community.host Martha Raddatz asked Pompeo if he believed the virus was “manmade or genetically modified.” In response,
, “The best experts so far seem to think it was manmade” and claimed he had “no reason to disbelieve that at this point.”that the intelligence community had concludedWhen Raddatz cited those findings, Pompeo said that, generally, he “agreed” with them. He then refused to say whether he personally believes Chinese scientists made the virus in a lab, or whether they deliberately released the virus.
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