The Covid.gov website, previously focused on promoting vaccine and testing information, now includes a full-length image of President Donald Trump and criticizes the pandemic policies implemented under former president Joe Biden.
It presents five bullet points aimed at bolstering the lab leak theory, noting that Wuhan, the site of the first known coronavirus case, is also home to China’s “foremost SARS research lab“ and has a history of conducting research at “inadequate biosafety levels.”
The lab-leak theory, once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, has recently gained mainstream traction in the United States.
Earlier this year, the Central Intelligence Agency shifted its official stance on the virus’s origin, saying that it was “more likely” leaked from a Chinese lab than transmission from animals.
Beijing also urged the United States to “stop politicizing and instrumentalizing the issue of origin-tracing.”
'Terrible shame'
“But it would be a terrible shame if such efforts distracted from essential work to help prevent further infections and treat people suffering from Covid-19 and long Covid,“ he told NPR.
Under a section titled “Covid-19 misinformation,“ it also accused public health officials under the previous administration of demonizing “alternative treatments” and colluding with social media companies to censor dissenting views about the pandemic -- a charge frequently echoed by US conservatives.
The website revamp comes after layoffs began earlier this month at major US health agencies, as the Trump administration embarks on a sweeping and scientifically contested restructuring that will cut 10,000 jobs.
More than one million people died of Covid-19 and related illnesses in the United States, and millions more fell victim to the disease around the world.
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