New reports revealed over the last week that credible sources in both Germany and the UK

allegedly informed government officials that the COVID virus escaped from the infamous Wuhan lab.

The revelations have sparked renewed calls for investigations into who knew what, when,

and increased demands for accountability.

In this episode, we speak with journalist and author Michael Schellenberger about the new evidence

of a COVID cover-up and the media backlash for its role in pushing false narratives.

I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Vickley with Georgia Howe. It's Saturday, March 22nd,

and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire.

Joining us now to discuss the new claims about government cover-ups related to the origins of the

COVID virus is independent journalist and author Michael Schellenberger.

Hey, Michael, thank you so much for joining us.

Thanks for having me.

So let's start with what we just found out from the UK related to the origins of the coronavirus.

What did we just learn and how does this change the way we think about how the UK in particular

handled this situation?

Sure.

I mean, what just got released was a memo sent from the former head of MI6, which is the

UK's version of the CIA. And it was sent with a very well-known and respected professor from

London School of Economics in early 2020 that essentially debunked this nature article called Proximal Origin,

which claimed to have debunked that the virus came from a lab.

We had done earlier reporting on this way back in 2023, showing that there was higher-ups to use the language of the key authors,

Christian Anderson, who had basically changed the direction that they were going in their research.

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