Western officials, researchers cast doubt on China lab virus leak theory
Wilson Center disinformation researcher Nina Jankowicz said that putting the blame on a Wuhan lab helps the Trump administration find a scapegoat.
It becomes more politically convenient for Trump and his administration, she said.
Jeremy Konyndyk, a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development, commented on Twitter about how the Trump administration has groped to find a direct link between the coronavirus and Chinese labs.
Konyndyk is also critical of the Washington Post's Rogin for publishing excerpts of a two-year-old cable, rather than the cable in its entirety.
"It's irresponsible for political reporters like Rogin [to] uncritically regurgitate a secret 'cable' without asking a single virologist or ecologist or making any attempt to understand the scientific context," tweeted Columbia University virologist Angela Rasmussen.
