Ex-Biden Adviser Says Pandemic Was Likely a Lab Leak
Ashish Jha says new evidence makes a lab leak more likely, while noting no definitive proof has been made public.
- On Sunday, August 2, former White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha told CNN he now assesses a laboratory leak at the Wuhan Institute as the most likely origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Jha, who led the White House COVID-19 response beginning in April 2022, previously viewed the virus as 'almost surely a natural outbreak,' marking a significant reversal in his public position.
- A July 2026 House Select Subcommittee report concluded SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from a laboratory accident, aligning with Jha's assessment and reflecting a broader shift in official discourse.
- Chinese authorities consistently reject the laboratory-leak hypothesis, maintaining the virus originated naturally, while Jha called for greater transparency and accountability from officials in China.
- United States intelligence agencies remain divided on pandemic origins, with several favoring lab-leak explanations despite the absence of definitive proof, explaining why debate persists among officials.
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CNN’s Dana Bash sat across from one of the Biden administration’s top COVID figures and watched years of media orthodoxy quietly collapse. The look on her face said everything. Former White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha told Bash on CNN’s State of the Union that the pandemic “probably was a lab leak.” The admission came after Bash noted that Jha had recently agreed with a post by commentator Jamie Metzl arguing the virus ori…
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The same Biden administration that demanded social media companies censor the idea of a lab leak just had its own top COVID official finally confirm the theory. Dr. Ashish Jha, who was once former President Biden’s White House COVID-19 czar, admitted to CNN on Sunday that the pandemic “probably was a lab leak,” a complete reversal of his prior position. Suggesting the COVID-19 origins was a lab leak was labeled as a conspiracy theory and racist …
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ussanews.com“This is Going to Surprise Some People”: Leading Biden COVID-19 Figure Embraces the Lab Leak Theory
Former Biden White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha this weekend became the latest denier of the lab theory to do a 180-degree turn. During the interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Jha admitted that he now believes that the most likely explanation is a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. As pundits and politicians quietly admit that the natural mutation theory is not as credible, the courageous scientists who were blacklis…
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