It is not. It is my position that he funded the gain of function research at the facility that eventually accidentally released the virus that resulted in the deaths, then to cover that funding during a "pause" and at a facility that shouldn't be doing that type of research he lied to congress, which is a crime.
Downplaying the virus is absurd he gave Fauci every single thing he asked for from the "pause" to masks.
Accidental releases of viruses and other pathogens from laboratories have occurred globally on numerous occasions, including incidents involving poliovirus, SARS-CoV, anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, and smallpox. These events are a significant biosafety concern.
Documented Accidental Releases
Historical records and scientific reviews highlight multiple instances of laboratory-acquired infections (LAIs) and accidental pathogen escapes from laboratory settings (APELS):
Poliovirus: There have been multiple accidental releases of poliovirus from vaccine production facilities, including an event in Belgium in 2014 where billions of virus particles were released into the sewage system (without human infection). A worker at a facility in the Netherlands was infected in 2022 following another leak.
SARS-CoV: The SARS virus escaped from laboratories at least four times in total across Singapore, Taiwan, and Beijing in 2003 and 2004, resulting in 12 infections and one death in the community.
Smallpox: The last person to die from smallpox contracted the disease in a 1978 lab accident at the University of Birmingham Medical School in the UK, when the virus escaped a research lab to a photography studio on the floor above. Decades-old, forgotten vials of live smallpox were also found in a US federal lab in 2014.
Anthrax: In 2014, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) accidentally exposed 75 personnel to live anthrax. A more severe incident occurred in the Soviet Union in 1979, where an anthrax leak from a military facility resulted in approximately 100 deaths.
Brucellosis: The largest recorded laboratory accident by case count occurred in Lanzhou, China, where a leak from a biopharmaceutical plant in 2019 led to over 10,000 people being infected with the bacteria Brucella.
Causes and Context
Most accidental releases are due to procedural errors and human error, rather than engineering failures. A review of incidents between 2000 and 2021 found that procedural issues caused most escapes.
The COVID-19 Origin Debate
The origin of the COVID-19 pandemic remains a subject of intense scientific and political debate. The two primary hypotheses are:
Natural Zoonotic Origin: The virus jumped from an animal host to humans, likely at a market in Wuhan. This is the most widely accepted scientific explanation, supported by epidemiological and genetic evidence.
Lab Leak Origin: The virus accidentally escaped from a research facility, such as the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
While some U.S. intelligence agencies and other nations' spy services have assessed, with varying levels of confidence, that a lab leak is a likely or possible scenario, there is no definitive public evidence supporting it. Most scientists point to the lack of evidence for lab involvement and the strong evidence for natural emergence. China has repeatedly denied the lab leak theory and has restricted independent international investigations into the origins.