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Former NIH Head Secretly Helped With Paper Dismissing Theory COVID-19 Came From Lab
Former NIH Head Secretly Helped With Paper Dismissing Theory COVID-19 Came From Lab
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
Then-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins, around the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledged that he secretly assisted with a paper stating the virus that causes COVID-19 "is not a laboratory construct or a purposefully manipulated virus," according to a newly released missive.
Dr. Francis Collins speaks in Washington on Sept. 9, 2020. Michael Reynolds/Getty Images
"This is work that Tony, Jeremy, Larry, and I helped with, but are...
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While immigration often dominates discussions about Europe’s changing population, another migration trend receives far less attention: many countries are also losing their own native-born citizens.
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