Claim: The U.S. indirectly funded some bat coronavirus research at a lab in Wuhan, China. But those experiments could not have led to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, because the viruses used were very different. Yet former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro repeated a false claim that Dr. Anthony Fauci "killed a lot of people" by funding the lab.
Fact-check: Navarro Falsely Links Fauci to Pandemic Origin - FactCheck.org
Verdict: the u.s. indirectly funded some bat coronavirus research at a lab in wuhan, china. but those experiments could not have led to the coronavirus that causes covid-19, because the viruses used were very different. yet former white house trade adviser peter navarro repeated a false claim that dr. anthony fauci "killed a lot of people" by funding the lab.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Jessica Mcdonald
Date published: 2022-05-19T16:05:43