Lab leak confirmed? Boris Johnson’s stunning reversal on COVID origins sparks global debate

• Boris Johnson’s memoir claims COVID-19 was “entirely man-made,” reversing his earlier wet market narrative and aligning with growing evidence of a Wuhan lab leak.
• U.K. emergency committee COBRA reportedly had intelligence supporting the lab leak theory during the pandemic, but officials and scientists remained silent.
• A 2024 U.S. congressional report concluded COVID-19 likely originated from a lab, citing gain-of-function research, lack of animal reservoir and early suppression of whistleblowers.
• Experts, including former MI6 officials, warned early that the virus was engineered but were dismissed — a pattern echoing past government censorship of inconvenient truths.
• Despite mounting evidence, legacy media and authorities continue downplaying the lab leak theory, raising concerns about transparency and future pandemic responses.

For years, the origins of COVID-19 have been shrouded in secrecy, censorship and political maneuvering. Now, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dropped a bombshell in his new memoir, Unleashed, declaring that the pandemic was “entirely man-made” and likely the result of a lab leak in Wuhan, China. His admission marks a dramatic reversal from his earlier claims that the virus emerged from a wet market — a narrative aggressively pushed by global health authorities.

From wet markets to lab leaks: A political about-face

During the height of the pandemic, Johnson publicly blamed “demented” traditional Chinese medicine practices and unsanitary wet markets for COVID-19’s spread. Yet in his memoir, he now writes: “The awful thing about the whole COVID catastrophe is that it appears to be entirely man-made in all its aspects… Some scientists were clearly splicing bits of virus together like the witches in Macbeth — eye of bat and toe of frog — and oops, the frisky little critter jumped out of the test tube and started replicating all over the world.”

This shift aligns with mounting evidence from intelligence reports and independent researchers. YouTube commentator Dr. John Campbell, a vocal advocate for COVID transparency, praised Johnson’s admission, stating: “I couldn’t have put it better myself… We actually know more by what is not said than what is said, because very often what is said is controlled.”

The Daily Mail reported that COBRA, the U.K.’s emergency committee, had intelligence supporting the lab leak theory during the pandemic but faced a “deafening silence” from the scientific and political establishment.

The science behind the cover-up

A December 2024 U.S. congressional report concluded that COVID-19 “most likely” emerged from a lab — a finding Campbell attributes to China’s refusal to release critical data. Key evidence includes:

1. Gain-of-function research – The Wuhan Institute of Virology was conducting risky experiments enhancing viruses’ transmissibility and lethality, often with lax safety protocols.
2. Single origin theory – Unlike natural zoonotic outbreaks, COVID-19 appeared suddenly without an identified animal reservoir.
3. Early suppression – Whistleblowers and independent scientists were dismissed as conspiracy theorists, despite compelling evidence.

“Since the select committee commenced its work in February 2023, more and more senior intelligence officials, politicians, science editors and scientists increasingly have endorsed the hypothesis that COVID-19 emerged as the result of a laboratory or research-related accident,” the report stated.

Historical parallels: Why this matters now

This isn’t the first time governments have suppressed inconvenient truths. In March 2020, a team of top U.K. scientists—including former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove and virologist Birger Sorensen—sent a classified briefing to Downing Street warning that COVID-19 was likely engineered. Their findings were ignored.

Professor Gwythian Prins, part of that team, revealed in a recent interview:

“We were dismissed as conspiracy theorists… Yet everything that has happened in the last five years has made me and the rest of the team increasingly furious, because our advice was not taken.”

Their warnings were vindicated when even the New York Times and CIA begrudgingly admitted the lab leak theory holds weight.

The fight for truth continues

Johnson’s memoir exposes a disturbing pattern: scientific dissent was silenced, alternative treatments suppressed and lockdowns enforced with “medieval” severity—all while the origins of COVID-19 were obscured.

As Campbell noted: “Former prime minister seems convinced by the lab leak. I’m convinced. I think most of you are as well. Strange that a lot of aspects of legacy media seem to be still poo-pooing this self-evident belief.”

The question remains: Will those responsible for this global catastrophe ever be held accountable? Or will history repeat itself in the next pandemic?

Sources include:

ChildrensHealthDefense.org

TheIndendent.com

Telegraph.co.uk