prior but what it does tell us is that we can t rule out that the lab was involved, somehow. so we need to investigate it. which is all that dr. tedros is saying. admittedly, a year late. and that s all the biden administration is saying. and, anderson, you were there, i was there, in 2020, when the issue of the lab-leak theory became highly politicized for a number of crazy reasons. because trump was using racist terms. because some of the scientists who were close to the lab called it a conspiracy theory to cover their own butts. and because the media really wasn t really sure what to make of all of it amidst of the election panic. but here we are in 2021 and it seems pretty clear now, that no matter what you thought about the lab-leak theory in 2020, it s possible. which means we have to check it out, full stop. and now, we have the biden administration saying, yeah, they agree with that, too. and from all your reporting, what stands out to you as the best evidence that the virus
we went on every coaster except for the side winder and the fahrenheit. got shot out of the magnetic cannon on the storm runner. we had a great time. sandra: belated happy father s day to you. john: thank you. sandra: peter daszek no longer in a u.n. investigation in the origins of the covid-19 pandemic after he revealed an parent conflict of interest. he s disclosing that his nonprofit eco health alliance has produced a small number of bat coronaviruses at labs in china including at the wuhan institute of virology near where the coronavirus was first identified. daszek says his organization s work aims to assess the risk from other species to humans. john? john: nebraska becoming the latest state to send assistance to the southern border with 25
took 15 years. nearly all previous outbreaks of emerging infectious agents from arisen through natural means. second, this virus does appear to be related to bat coronaviruses. but just how closely related is a critical question. this coronavirus is 96% similar to another virus found in bats. it s not close enough to say that it s the exact virus that gave rise to this one in a simple evolutionary step. but that kind of gap, 4%, means years, means decades in terms of natural evolutionary time. and that evolution means something. typically, after a virus makes the jump from animal to human, it sputters along, evolving, learning how to become more efficient.
al reaccidental release from the lab. and spill over. both theories remain viable. now, the question is, will we ever know? it s not easy, if you think about it, tracing the origins of a small strand of genetic material on a massive planet never is. consider that it s been 45 years since the first recognized cases of ebola. yet we re still not sure of its origins. tracing sars to horseshoe bats took 15 years. nearly all previous outbreaks of emerging infectious agents from arisen through natural means. second, this virus does appear to be related to bat coronaviruses. but just how closely related is a critical question. this coronavirus is 96% similar to another virus found in bats.
was evidence of the genome was tampered with in a laboratory that altered this virus. did we fund this with gain of function research? i think they are very damning. every time i am asked about dr. fauci, i say the same thing. i know dr. fauci. i like dr. fauci. i respect dr. fauci. but dr. fauci needs to cut the crap. this is not about dr. fauci. it s not about his feelings. i am sorry if his feelings were hurt. maybe he ought to buy an emotional support pony. we are not debating dance moves on tiktok. we are talking about millions of human lives. dr. fauci gave a lot of u.s. taxpayer money to the wuhan lab for chinese scientists to research bat coronaviruses. neither dr. fauci nor any of hib