Robert Redfield
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Born | 10 July 1951 | |||||||||||||||
Nationality | US | |||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Georgetown University | |||||||||||||||
Member of | White House/Coronavirus Task Force | |||||||||||||||
Interests | • HIV • ![]() | |||||||||||||||
CDC director at the time of the emergence of COVID-19. Publicly stated in 2021 that he believed it was leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology
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Robert J. Redfield Jr is a former US military doctor and HIV researcher.
Activities
On 13 March 2013, Redfield - on the third time of asking - committed the US government to providing a free Covid test for each US citizen.[1]
Opinions
On 26 March 2021 in an interview with CNN, Redfield stated that he believed that COVID-19 arose after the accidental leak of a genetically engineered virus from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in September or October of 2019.[2] He reportedly received death threats from other scientists after expressing this opinion.[3]
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References
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/13/coronavirus-testing-katie-porter/
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/science/redfield-coronavirus-wuhan-lab.html
- ↑ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/former-cdc-chief-i-didnt-expect-death-threads-fellow-scientists-over-lab-leak-theory