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The Hill: WHO adviser accuses COVID-19 lab-leak theory critics of ‘thuggery’

By The Hill.

Published June 10, 2021. Updated June 10 at 4:58 am

This photo taken on April 28, 2021, shows university students queueing to receive the China National Biotec Group (CNBG) COVID-19 vaccine at a university in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province.

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A World Health Organization advisory board member accused scientists who wrote a letter criticizing the COVID-19 lab-leak theory in February 2020 of “thuggery” and “scientific propaganda.” Jamie Metzl appeared on “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday to discuss the lab-leak theory that was largely ostracized last year as a coronavirus conspiracy theory but has now gained traction.