Daszak Debarred as Lab Leak Debate Intensifies | Annapolis News

Annapolis News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 21, 2026 · 1m

Peter Daszak, former head of Ecohealth Alliance, defiantly stands by his testimony before Congress, insisting COVID-19 originated in animals—not a lab—and that his team did nothing wrong in Wuhan. But his credibility is now under fire: the HHS has debarred him, Senator Rand Paul is scrutinizing his ties to Dr. Xi and his receipt of massive U.S. government funding, and a mysterious FBI email from February 2021—requesting that Daszak not be stopped during his trip to China—has reignited suspicions of a lab leak cover-up. As Fauci prepares to testify next week, this explosive saga is far from…