Trump White House replaces Covid website with treatise on ‘lab leak’ theory

Summary

The Trump administration has replaced Covid.gov with a advocacy site promoting the "lab leak" theory, intensifying criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and New York leaders. The move ties into ongoing debates about SARS-CoV2 origins, potentially involving a lab leak or natural spillover. Joe Biden pardoned Fauci to avoid public backlash, while the new site also attacks NIH funding practices and vaccine opponents now holding key roles in the administration.

Additional Summaries

The Trump Administration's New Covid Website Spreads Lab Leak Conspiracy Theories, Blaming Dr. Anthony Fauci, the WHO, and NIH for hiding pandemic info while falsely accusing the Wuhan Institute of contributing to conspiracy narratives about virus origins. Far-right groups and leaders like Fauci and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now Health Secretary, promote these claims as the administration reshapes HHS with a partisan focus on labs and funding flaws.

The Trump administration replaced Covid.gov, which provided information on testing, vaccines, and treatments, with a site promoting the "lab leak" theory about SARS-CoV2 origins. The site criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci, WHO, and New York leaders, despite criticisms of its transparency claims. It also accused NIH of insufficient security measures for dangerous research, aligning with current Trump administration officials like Health Secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who now leads NIH as Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.