On @CNNSOTU with @DanaBashCNN this morning. I said three things:
1. Political leaders are accountable for public health decisions, not the scientists who advise them
2. The vaccine-autism question has been studied for 25 years. The answer hasn't changed: there is no link
3. Right now too many kids are getting measles that vaccinations prevent, too many people are getting cyclospora that better tracking prevents, and ranchers are losing cattle to a pest we eliminated from this country in 1966.
Three outbreaks at levels we haven't seen in years. None of them are coincidence.
Stick around for the end — my view on COVID origins.
Aug 2, 2026 · 2:39 PM UTC
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My view on COVID origins isn't new — I've held it since my time at the White House
Here's the truth: no one in America knows for sure. Anyone telling you they do is selling you something
Based on strong circumstantial evidence I've seen, I think lab leak is much more likely. Not engineered. Not deliberate. Accidental
Reasonable people can look at the same evidence and disagree
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