The United States should be aggressively investigating whether the COVID-19 virus originated from a virology lab in Wuhan, China, ex-Clinton administration official and World Health Organization (WHO) adviser Jamie Metzl told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Monday. "Early last year when I was looking at the evidence that was being presented, I saw a couple of things. CORONAVIRUS LAB LEAK THEORY GROWS, OUTLETS WALK BACK INITIAL REPORTSMetzl, a self-described "progressive" said he was offended when he'd be frequently dismissed as a "conspiracy theorist" by other scientists and mainstream media outlets. WUHAN 'LAB LEAK' CORONAVIRUS THEORY IN FOCUS AS HOUSE REPUBLICANS DEMAND ANSWERSMetzl said the U.S. and other countries are dragging their feet on properly investigating his claim because of China's deep "political influence." "It will shock your viewers to know that there is no international investigation into the origins of COVID right now," Metzl told Carlson.

Source: Fox News May 25, 2021 02:15 UTC