Trump’s Former CDC Chief Suggests US Origin for COVID: ‘Can’t Prove That’ [Video]

The theory that a lab in North Carolina was the “birthplace” of COVID-19 has resurfaced in an interview with a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who has said it is a “real possibility.”

Robert Redfield, who headed the CDC during Trump’s first administration, told author and podcaster Dana Parish during a 90-minute interview on her 3rd Opinion podcast released on November 14 that he believes that the SARS-CoV-2 virus—which causes COVID-19—was developed as part of a “biodefense program” in a lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The theory is not supported by evidence and the majority of scientists agree that there is no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 originated in a lab in any country.

The COVID-19 pandemic began with an outbreak documented in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread globally in 2020, and has been the subject of various conspiracy theories, including that the virus had originated …