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Lab Leak Paper’s Hidden Contradictions | US News
New Slack messages are igniting fresh controversy over the “Proximal Origin” paper that once silenced lab-leak theories — revealing authors privately admitted lab origins were plausible, even after publishing a conclusion that dismissed them. Lead author Kristian Andersen, who once called lab origins “friggin’ likely,” now admits “smoking(ish) guns” emerged post-publication, forcing a reevaluation of their claims. The paper, heavily cited during the pandemic, also hid Dr. Fauci’s pivotal role in its creation — a fact now exposed as he later used it to dismiss lab-leak speculation. Andersen’s…
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