“On the origins of the coronavirus, "all the evidence is pointing that it came from the lab.”
What FactCheck.org found
There is no evidence linking the novel coronavirus to a lab — only speculation. Many scientists with expertise in coronaviruses consider a lab escape unlikely.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rand Paul (U.S. senator) made this claim around 20 July 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 July 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “No Evidence from Lab”.
Rand Paul has 19 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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