“This virus, COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 virus, actually is not from nature. It is a man-made virus created in the lab.”
Li-Meng Yan
Virologist. “Tucker Carlson Tonight”. Claim dated 15 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The genetic structure of the novel coronavirus rules out laboratory manipulation. Public health authorities have repeatedly said the coronavirus was not derived from a lab.
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In short
Li-Meng Yan (Virologist) made this claim around 15 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://web.archive.org/web/20200916054208if_/https://www.foxnews.com/media/chinese-virol…
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