[Biden’s W.H. COVID-19 Response Coordinator] Dr. Ashish Jha on COVID-19: ‘It probably was a lab leak’

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/02/politics/video/former-white-house-covid-19-response-coordinator-dr-ashish-jha-dana-bash-it-was-probably-a-lab-leak

Former Biden White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, tells Dana Bash, "When I went into the White House, my view was this was almost surely a natural outbreak, maybe a lab leak. Based on information I learned and based on information I've seen, I have come to conclude that it is more likely to have been a lab leak."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashish_Jha

Ashish Kumar Jha […] is an American general internist physician and academic who served as the White House COVID-19 response coordinator from 2022 to 2023.

https://xcancel.com/ashishkjha/status/2084049273625227340

My view on COVID origins isn't new — I've held it since my time at the White House

Here's the truth: no one in America knows for sure. Anyone telling you they do is selling you something

Based on strong circumstantial evidence I've seen, I think lab leak is much more likely. Not engineered. Not deliberate. Accidental

Reasonable people can look at the same evidence and disagree

“Not engineered” makes this sound like a limited hangout. Though I do tend to agree that if it was a lab leak, it wasn’t deliberate.

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Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 35d (2 replies)

What "evidence" are they talking about? Because no one in the scientific community has seen it.

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 35d (1 reply)

I keep hearing about evidence and never seeing any. The simplest answer is lab leak so I still think it's likely, but there would be evidence.

Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 35d

This really should be a no-brainer. Anyone claiming they've seen "the evidence", but doesn't show it to you...is lying. That's it.

eldavi@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 35d

is this the first maga conspiracy that turns out to be true? lol