Alec Hogg: Joe Rogan joins the dots on masks, Wuhan Lab

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• Among widely-held perceived wisdoms being strongly challenged is the origin of Covid-19. Our partners at the Wall Street Journal have been at the forefront of exposing holes in the Beijing-promoted theory that the virus originated in a Wuhan wet market rather than at a lab in the city. But more evidence questioning this is emerging. The WSJ this morning discloses that a secret report from a US government national laboratory stated more than a year ago, it was plausible the virus leaked from a lab. Click here.