Illegal lab’s shutdown provokes COVID-19 conspiracy theories

The CDC shut down an unauthorized lab in Fresno, California, that reportedly contained thousands of gallons of hazardous and infectious agents, including coronavirus, HIV, and bioengineered mice designed to spread COVID-19. The lab that authorities have been investigating for months was registered to several addresses in California and China. Some vaccine opponents have suggested that the lab is part of a larger government conspiracy or that its existence supports the belief that COVID-19 was created in a lab.

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