Covid․gov now points to a ‘lab leak’ conspiracy website
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Summary
The US government website Covid.gov, which previously housed information regarding Covid, now redirects to a webpage on the White House site that is pushing the conspiracy that the origins of the virus are linked to a lab leak.
The new webpage claims that the Biden administration misled the public about Covid’s origins and implies that the World Health Organisation (WHO) “caved to pressure” from the Chinese government.
It is unclear when the Covid.gov page was changed, although the Trump administration has recently been attempting to remove webpages from federal sites that do not align with its beliefs.
An archived version of the Covid.gov webpage, saved on 10 April, shows that it included resources about the virus up until that point.
The new webpage includes a link to a House of Representatives report that also promotes the lab leak theory.