Trump White House replaces Covid website with treatise on 'lab leak' theory

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Site that once provided health information now includes criticism of Anthony Fauci, who led response to pandemic - www.theguardian.com

The Trump administration has replaced Covid.gov – a website that once provided Americans with access to information about free tests, vaccines, treatment and secondary conditions such as long Covid – with a treatise on the "lab leak" theory. The site includes intense criticism of Dr Anthony Fauci, who helmed national Covid policies under Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the World Health Organization (WHO) and state leadership in New York.

"This administration prioritizes transparency over all else," according to a senior administration quoted in Fox News, in spite of evidence to the contrary. "The American people deserve to know the truth about the Covid pandemic and we will always find ways to reach communities with that message." The origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus has been hotly debated since the pandemic emerged from Wuhan, China, and swept the world in early 2020.



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