“President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!”
Social media posts
In a post on Facebook.. Claim dated 22 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The best evidence so far says the virus was not created in a lab. The lab in Wuhan got about $600,000 over a five year period.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 April 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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