“NIH's Oct. 20 letter about research on bat coronaviruses in China “proves all along that this virus was started in the Wuhan lab.”
Rep. James Comer
Kentucky Republican. Fox News interview. Claim dated 21 Oct 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The letter states the opposite, noting that the viruses used in the experiments are “decades removed from SARS-CoV-2 evolutionarily” and that they “could not have been the source of SARS-CoV-2.”
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In short
Rep. James Comer (Kentucky Republican) made this claim around 21 October 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 October 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- foxnews.comhttps://www.foxnews.com/transcript/ingraham-angle-on-first-reaction-to-bidens-embarrassin…
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