Dr. Ashish Jha on COVID-19: ‘It probably was a lab leak’

Former Biden White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, tells Dana Bash, "When I went into the White House, my view was this was almost surely a natural outbreak, maybe a lab leak. Based on information I learned and based on information I've seen, I have come to conclude that it is more likely to have been a lab leak."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashish_Jha

Ashish Kumar Jha […] is an American general internist physician and academic who served as the White House COVID-19 response coordinator from 2022 to 2023.

https://xcancel.com/ashishkjha/status/2084049273625227340

My view on COVID origins isn't new — I've held it since my time at the White House

Here's the truth: no one in America knows for sure. Anyone telling you they do is selling you something

Based on strong circumstantial evidence I've seen, I think lab leak is much more likely. Not engineered. Not deliberate. Accidental

Reasonable people can look at the same evidence and disagree

“Not engineered” makes this sound like a limited hangout. Though I do tend to agree that if it was a lab leak, it wasn’t deliberate.