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Ted Cruz: “Now we know the market was not the source, it was the…”

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Published | Video Starts at 26:47

Remember, early on the Chinese were saying that there is no human to human transmission and that all the original 27 cases were from the market. Now we know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier. Having said that, somewhere the virus jumped from animals to humans. I want to repeat that sentence. Now we know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier. (26:47–26:56)

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Asserts that the wet market in China was not the source of COVID-19 but an amplifier.

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