On January 30, 2020 on the 148th episode of The Highwire program, Del Bigtree spoke with Dr James Lyons-Weiler about his assessment of the recently released Coronavirus virus (2019-nCoV) genetic sequence, later named SARS-CoV-2.  Dr Lyons-Weiler revealed [1]:

  • There is only a 76% fit to bat coronaviruses
  • A Chinese Patented novel vector technology sequence appeared in the genome which is “unusual to find…in a virus that is circulating”

“One thing we can say for certain is that this particular virus has a laboratory origin”
Dr James Lyons-Weiler

By April 2025, the Trump Whitehouse website stands behind Lab Leak origin. [2]