… we consider the claim… [of No COVID Manipulation] … to be unsupported by evidence and in dispute…

5/24/21
 
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from Politifact,
5/17/21:

Archived fact-check: Tucker Carlson guest airs debunked conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was created in a lab

Editor’s note, May 17, 2021: When this fact-check was first published in September 2020, PolitiFact’s sources included researchers who asserted the SARS-CoV-2 virus could not have been manipulated. That assertion is now more widely disputed. For that reason, we are removing this fact-check from our database pending a more thorough review. Currently, we consider the claim to be unsupported by evidence and in dispute. The original fact-check in its entirety is preserved below for transparency and archival purposes. Read our May 2021 report for more on the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19.

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