“I will tell you, more and more, we’re hearing the story [that the new coronavirus emerged from a Wuhan lab].”
What Washington Post found
The balance of the scientific evidence strongly supports the conclusion that the new coronavirus emerged from nature. Too many unexpected coincidences would have had to take place for it to have escaped from a lab.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 15 April 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 May 2020, 16 days later. Its rating was “Doubtful”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by Washington Post, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.