DISINFO: Original source of COVID-19 is an American military biological warfare laboratory
SUMMARY
The original source of the COVID-19 virus is the American military biological warfare laboratory at Fort Detrick.
RESPONSE
Conspiracy theories about the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, there is no evidence to suggest that the virus is being used as a weapon against other states or that iswas fabricated insidelaboratories. This Coronavirus comes from a family of viruses that include the common cold and viruses such asSARS andMERS, and the medical Journal “Emerging Microbes & Infections” specifically said there is “No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering”. In August 2019, a US Army laboratory at Fort Detrick, in the state of Maryland, that studies deadly infectious material and cures for diseases such as Ebola and smallpox was shut down for a period of time after aCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) inspection that occurred in June. It was partially reopened in December 2019, and is nowhelping in the fight against Covid-19. The suspension was due to multiple causes, including a failure to follow local procedures and a lack of periodic recertification training for workers in the biocontainment laboratories. The wastewater decontamination system of the lab also failed to meet standards set by the Federal Select Agent Program. You can see other examples of this narrative in our database, such as claims that Bill Gates and George Soros are sponsoring the coronavirus, that it is a UK, US or NATO creation and that the Americans have its cure, that it is an artificial disease which specifically targets Chinese DNA, that it was created with economic goals while big pharma companies are spreading panic for their own profit, that it is a biological weapon against Russia and China, that it will wipe out Ukraine’s population in a few days or that it was predicted by Nostradamus and others.