By Charles Switzer
11:47am PDT, Apr 22, 2025
White House Launches New COVID-19 Information Website Focused on Lab Leak Theory
On Friday, April 18, the White House launched a revamped version of its
COVID-19 information website, COVID.gov, which now redirects visitors to a page dedicated to investigating the "true origins" of the pandemic, the
New York Post reported.
The new landing page prominently features the theory that COVID-19 likely originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019, shifting away from its previous focus on testing, treatment and vaccination details.
Here's everything important to know about the new site.
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COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory Key Points
The revamped site explicitly criticizes both the former
Joe Biden administration and former Democratic New York Governor
Andrew Cuomo's handling of the pandemic. It presents five key points to support the theory that COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab. These points include:
"The virus possesses a biological characteristic that is not found in nature."
"Data shows that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction into humans. This runs contrary to previous pandemics, where there were multiple spillover events."
"Wuhan is home to China's foremost SARS research lab, which has a history of conducting gain-of-function research (gene altering and organism supercharging) at inadequate biosafety levels."
"Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) researchers were sick with COVID-like symptoms in the fall of 2019, months before COVID-19 was discovered at the wet market."
"By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin, it would have already surfaced. But it hasn't."
House Select Subcommittee's Report
The website cites the findings of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, which released a 557-page report in December 2024.
The report concluded that COVID-19 likely originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where EcoHealth Alliance was conducting experiments funded by U.S. taxpayers. This conclusion is supported by other federal agencies, including the FBI and the Energy Department's National Laboratories as well as former officials like CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
The website includes a statement: "A lab-related incident involving gain-of-function research is the most likely the origin of COVID-19."
It also criticizes current government oversight of gain-of-function research, calling it "incomplete, severely convoluted and lacking global applicability."
Biden Administration's Role and Allegations of Obstruction
The webpage accuses the ex-Joe Biden administration, specifically the Department of Health and Human Services, EcoHealth Alliance and top advisor to
Anthony Fauci, David Morens, of "obstruction."
It claims they hindered investigations into the origins of COVID-19 and the government's pandemic response, which led to over 1.2 million deaths in the U.S.
The site also highlights the "full and unconditional" pardon Biden issued to Fauci before leaving office, covering actions from Fauci dating back to 2014.
Cuomo's Pandemic Actions and Defense
The page also criticizes New York's pandemic response under Governor Andrew Cuomo, focusing on his March 25, 2020, executive order that forced nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients.
The site accuses Cuomo's administration of attempting to cover up the consequences of this policy. In response, a spokesperson for Cuomo defended his actions, citing a Department of Justice Inspector General report that found Cuomo's actions were consistent with CDC guidelines.
"More than 1 million Americans died as a result of the COVID pandemic, and our hearts break for the families of every person who lost a loved one, but unfortunately, as the DOJ IG confirmed, that pain has been weaponized and politicized for purely electoral purposes for years," Rich Azzopardi said in a statement.
He also mentioned that investigations by the DOJ and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office had not found any wrongdoing.
