Former CDC Director Robert Redfield told Vanity Fair that he received death threats from other scientists after telling CNN in March that he believes the coronavirus accidentally "escaped" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.Why it matters: The allegation was featured in a sweeping investigation by Vanity Fair into the battles over the origins of COVID-19 that have raged inside the U.S. government and scientific community.

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Ex-CDC director Redfield says he received death threats from fellow scientists over COVID

Former CDC Director Robert Redfield told Vanity Fair that he received death threats from other scientists after telling CNN in March that he believes the coronavirus accidentally "escaped" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.Why it matters: The allegation was featured in a sweeping investigation by Vanity Fair into the battles over the origins of COVID-19 that have raged inside the U.S. government and scientific community.Stay on top of the lat…

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Ex-CDC director says he received threats from other scientists after backing lab-leak theory

‘I expected it from politicians. I didn’t expect it from science,’ Robert Redfield says

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Former CDC director says he got death threats after backing Covid ‘lab leak’ theory

Scientists explain the probe into the theory that Covid-19 originated from a lab, and what it takes to rule out even the most unlikely theories.

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The Detail: Why experts are re-examining the Covid-19 'lab leak theory'

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield says he received death threats from fellow scientists after saying he believed the coronavirus originated in a lab.

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"I was threatened and ostracized because I proposed another hypothesis," Redfield told Vanity Fair. "I expected it from politicians. I didn't expect it from science."

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Trump's CDC director Robert Redfield says he got death threats for saying he thought COVID leaked from China lab

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said he received death threats for supporting the theory that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China, an explanation that has gained popularity over the last few weeks.

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Philip Anschutz

Former CDC director says he received death threats for supporting Wuhan lab leak theory

Former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield said he has received death threats ...

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Former CDC Director Received Death Threats From Scientists for Supporting Wuhan Lab Leak Theory

Former CDC Director Robert Redfield says he received death threats from fellow scientists after voicing his support for the covid lab leak theory.

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Ex-CDC Director Says He Received Death Threats From Fellow Scientists For Supporting COVID-19 Lab-Leak Theory

Dr. Robert Redfield, the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told CNN earlier this year that the novel coronavirus was "most...

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Ex-CDC Chief Says He Received Death Threats From Scientists After Saying COVID Likely 'Escaped' Lab

Six days after the inauguration in January Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control, sat down with CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta to discuss the events of the past year.
During the conversayion, Dr. Robert Redfield revealed publicly for the first time that he believed the Covid-19 coronavirus originated in a lab in China.He must have felt safe to say this since Trump was now out of the White House and had been saying this same th…

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Former CDC Chief Robert Redfield Got Death Threats from Scientists for Saying He Suspected COVID-19 Originated in a China Lab

Ex-CDC director says he received threats from other scientists after backing lab-leak theory

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