The Covid lab-leak theory.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) concluded the Covid-19 pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently given to the White House. The Department of Energy had been undecided on how the virus likely emerged, but updated its 2021 determination and made its conclusion with "low confidence." Plus, a reader question about staying optimistic in times like these.
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| 1:01.5 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about a totally non-controversial issue, whether COVID-19 started in a lab or not. |
| 1:13.1 | Obviously, something we've been fighting about for, I don't know, three years now. |
| 1:17.2 | I've covered this issue a few times. |
| 1:19.3 | We're going to talk about the latest information we have, and of course, reference back |
| 1:24.1 | some of the stuff that I have said in the past about this, which I think honestly |
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