Not so long back, the lab leak theory was discarded as the Right Wing fantasy. The Wuhan Institute of Virology in China is at the center of the lab leak theory.
The majority of Americans believe Covid leaked from a lab in China, finds a survey by Harvard University.
This is a significant shift in the public opinion in the United States as not so long back, the lab leak theory was dismissed as the Right Wing fantasy.
According to the most recent poll, 52 percent believe the Covid-19 virus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a considerable increase over the Pew Research Center's March 2020 findings, which showed only 29% believed the lab leak explanation.
The G7 nations invited China to participate in the probe into the virus's origins at their June summit in England.
The US President Joe Biden had asked the intelligence community to prepare a comprehensive report and submit it to him by the end of next month.
In January this year, China stonewalled a WHO-led study into the origin of the virus and did not allow the visiting delegation access to the primary data at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Significantly, an equal number of Republicans and Democrats now believe in the lab leak theory.
More and more evidence has emerged which suggests the virus leaked from the Wuhan Institute in China. Although, China denies it.
