In a recent development, the Trump administration has unveiled a restructured COVID.
gov website, which now offers a comprehensive exploration into the "true origins" of the coronavirus.
The website's revamp comes as a response to the criticism faced by Democrats and the media for dismissing the theory that the virus escaped from a lab and for their skepticism towards alternative health treatments. The administration also criticized the imposition of stringent mandates.
A senior administration official, in a conversation with Fox News Digital on Friday, emphasized the administration's commitment to transparency. "The American people deserve to know the truth about the Covid pandemic and we will always find ways to reach communities with that message," the official stated.
The revamped website, which initially focused on promoting the coronavirus vaccine to Americans, now guides readers through evidence supporting the lab leak theory. It also highlights how Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, propagated the notion that COVID-19 originated naturally.
The website also discusses former President Joe Biden's pardon of Fauci for "any offenses against" the U.S. he may have committed. Furthermore, it provides details on the origin of the "social distancing" rules and mask mandates.
According to the website, "'The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2' publication which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak theory was promoted by Dr. Fauci to push the preferred narrative that COVID-19 originated naturally." The site then delves into five key points on the origins of the virus.
The updated site asserts that a biological characteristic found in the virus was not discovered in nature, thereby strengthening the lab leak theory. It also mentions that Wuhan, China, where the first coronavirus case was detected, houses China's "foremost SARs research lab." The site further argues, "if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced. But it hasn't."
As reported by Fox News, the Trump administration's CIA had earlier in 2025 suggested that a lab leak was the probable origin of the COVID-19 virus. This theory, initially dismissed as a likely conspiracy theory by media outlets and scientists, gained traction when the Department of Energy under the Biden administration and former FBI Director Christopher Wray in 2023 also indicated that the coronavirus was the result of a lab leak.
The website also provides insights into the origins of COVID-era rules, such as mask mandates and social distancing. It states, "The 6 feet apart social distancing recommendation which shut down schools and small business across the country was arbitrary and not based on science." It also quotes Dr. Fauci's closed-door testimony, where he admitted that the guidance "sort of just appeared."
Regarding mask mandates, the website asserts, "There was no conclusive evidence that masks effectively protected Americans from COVID-19. Public health officials flip-flopped on the efficacy of masks without providing Americans scientific data causing a massive uptick in public distrust."
The website credits the House Oversight Committee's Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic as the source of its content. It criticizes public health officials for misleading the American people through inconsistent messaging, impulsive reactions, and a lack of transparency. "Most egregiously, the federal government demonized alternative treatments and disfavored narratives, such as the lab leak theory, in a shameful effort to coerce and control the American people's health decisions," the website states under a section titled "COVID-19 misinformation."
The website also recalls how many media outlets dismissed Trump in 2020 when he claimed to have seen evidence that the virus originated in a Wuhan lab. However, U.S. intelligence officials such as Wray and the Department of Energy later reported that the virus likely originated there, leading many outlets to publish articles affirming the credibility of the theory.
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