mo4ch:>Trump says US doing ‘very thorough’ probe into Covid-19 origins, refusing to dismiss ‘sources’ pushing Chinese lab narrative | Mo4ch News
US President Donald Trump hinted that a probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic doesn’t rule out that it may have started in a lab in China, fanning the flames of a conspiracy theory that’s turning increasingly mainstream.Asked to comment on reports stating the US government had “high confidence” the Covid-19 outbreak “emanated” from a virology lab in the city of Wuhan at Wednesday’s White House briefing, the president remained somewhat tight-lipped, but said just enough to lend credence to the increasingly popular claim.“Well, I don’t want to say that ... but I will tell you, more and more we’re hearing the story, and we’ll see,” he said.We are doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation.A Washington Post report on Tuesday said American officials had visited the lab – the Wuhan Institute of Virology – in 2018 and later warned of lax safety protocols, which the Post says has now “fueled discussions inside the US government about whether this or another Wuhan l…