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Pete Hegseth: “It does feel like we've been hearing a lot of spin and a lot…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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CDC: Vaccines and Strokes?

Published | Video Starts at 03:37

I think as a clinical virologist, it's much more likely that this virus was educated how to infect humans and that education happened in a laboratory. And the ultimate etiology of this pandemic was unfortunately, a laboratory leak. That's refreshing to hear because It does feel like we've been hearing a lot of spin and a lot of narrative, which makes it tough to trust the CDC. which is the only place you want to turn in a moment like this. Dr. Robert Redfield. Pete, go ahead, please. Yeah, I was just going to say, Pete. (03:37–03:43)

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