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Scott Perry stated on October 17, 2020 in an interview:

The coronavirus "was constructed in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.”

By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2020

Rudy Giuliani stated on April 26, 2020 in a tweet:

"Why did the US (NIH) in 2017 give $3.7m to the Wuhan Lab in China? Such grants were prohibited in 2014. Did Pres. Obama grant an exception?"

By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2020

Bloggers stated on April 22, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!”

By Jon Greenberg • April 30, 2020

Matthew Rosendale stated on November 1, 2023 in a fundraising ad:

“It’s been revealed that Fauci brought COVID to the Montana one year before COVID broke out in the U.S.!”

By Katheryn Houghton • February 5, 2024

Dave McCormick stated on January 31, 2022 in an ad:

“We all know China created COVID.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2022

Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2021 in a public Facebook group:

“The Spanish High Court has announced (COVID-19) is a bio weapon with a patent, not a virus.”

By Luiz Romero • November 5, 2021

WorldNetDaily stated on February 1, 2021 in an article:

“New evidence ties COVID-19 creation to research funded by Fauci"

By Noah Y. Kim • February 8, 2021

Hal Turner Radio Show stated on February 1, 2020 in an article:

Says the coronavirus is “a MILITARY BIO-WEAPON Developed by China's Army.”

By Daniel Funke • February 11, 2020

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People in New York register for a monkeypox vaccine July 2022

There’s no evidence that the virus behind the monkeypox outbreak was leaked from a Wuhan lab

By Madison Czopek • July 28, 2022

United Facts of America: Dr. Anthony Fauci disputes Sen. Rand Paul on Wuhan lab

By Angela Fu • May 11, 2021

What the heck is ‘gain-of-function’? Understanding the hubbub behind a scientific research method

By Madison Czopek • August 10, 2026

Wuhan Institute of Virology Feb. 3, 2021

New reports show backing for lab leak theory, but government agencies remain divided

By Louis Jacobson, Jeff Cercone • March 2, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: What’s going on with EcoHealth Alliance, the NIH and coronavirus research?

By Noah Y. Kim • October 28, 2021

Debating the origins of the COVID-19 virus: What we know, what we don’t know

By Noah Y. Kim, Tom Kertscher • May 17, 2021

What we know about the source of the coronavirus pandemic

By Daniel Funke • April 17, 2020