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Whistleblower says Covid leaked from Wuhan lab

China & Wuhan lab denied being to blame but the World Health Organization recommended further study into the lab leak theory over the summer

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A scientist who helped lead a group collaborating with coronavirus research at a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan vouches for the theory that COVID-19 was genetically engineered and leaked from the facility.

Dr. Andrew Huff, the former vice president of EcoHealth Alliance who has written a new book, claims grant funding from the United States government for research in China led to the “biggest US intelligence failure since 9/11,” according to The Sun.

“EcoHealth Alliance and foreign laboratories did not have the adequate control measures in place for ensuring proper biosafety, biosecurity, and risk management, ultimately resulting in the lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” he writes in his book, The Truth About Wuhan.

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