After years of debate, former COVID response coordinator acknowledges pandemic source 'probably a lab leak'

Ashish Jha says he now believes COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, reversing his earlier position.

Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 coordinator during the Biden administration, revealed Sunday that he has reversed himself and now favors the lab leak theory as the most plausible origin story for the pandemic.

Dr. Ashish Jha the former White House COVID 19 Response Coordinator now says the origin of the coronavirus pandemic was likely a lab leak from Wuhan than a natural outbreak. Jha made the comments recently and described how his thinking has shifted. “This is going to surprise some people,” he said. “When I went into ...