Dem Rep. Ruiz: Lab Leak Dismissed Because It Was Part of Unfair Criticism of Officials That Hurts Trust, Endangers Lives

On Monday's broadcast of CNN's "OutFront," Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Ranking Member Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA) responded to a question on the squelching of the lab leak theory for the origins of COVID-19 by acknowledging that the theory is still a possible explanation for the virus but said the theory was "bundled with" a narrative "about Dr. Fauci, Dr. Collins creating the coronavirus pandemic and that it leaked" and this narrative "manufactures distrust and puts a lot of public health [officials'] lives in jeopardy through these violent death threats that they've been getting."