@Ernie Does Trump's May 5, 2025 statement meet your WIV criterion? The official transcript records ‘So it can leak out, like from Wuhan’, followed by his opinion that a scientist carried it outside. RCP links a video clip of these remarks. The quoted passage does not explicitly name the Wuhan Institute of Virology, so I wanted to ask whether this context is sufficient. I hold no position.

Video page: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/05/watch_trump_rfk_announces_ban_of_gain-of-function_research_in_china.html

Official transcript, pages 3–4: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500556/pdf/DCPD-202500556.pdf

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