CNN dismisses Redfield theory coronavirus came from Wuhan lab as 'controversial' and 'without evidence'

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield told CNN Friday that he believed the coronavirus escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, a theory largely dismissed by the media over the past year and which was swiftly declared evidence-free by CNN itself.

"I'm allowed to have opinions now. I am of the point of view, I still think the most likely ideology of this pathogen in Wuhan was from a laboratory, escaped. Other people don't believe that. That's fine," Redfield told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta. "Science will eventually figure it out. It's not unusual for respiratory pathogens that are being worked on in a laboratory to infect the laboratory worker."