A GOP senator keeps pushing a thoroughly debunked theory that the Wuhan coronavirus is a leaked Chinese biological weapon gone wrong

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• Sen. Tom Cotton keeps airing a long-debunked theory that the deadly coronavirus is a Chinese biological weapon that was leaked from a government lab in Wuhan.
• Cotton made the claim again on "Sunday Morning Futures" on Fox News, saying the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory needs looking at.
• Scientists at the lab experiment with dangerous pathogens like Ebola, but experts say there's no evidence the lab either made it as a weapon or allowed it to escape. 
• Multiple scientists have long debunked the theory that the virus was a bioweapon gone wrong, and are criticizing Cotton for spreading a conspiracy theory.
• Suspicion over the coronavirus comes as China continues to face accusations that it had suppressed information about it.
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Sen. Tom Cotton is persistently resurfacing a debunked conspiracy theory which claims the deadly coronavirus sweeping the globe is the work of Chinese scientists at a secret Wuhan lab for biological warfare.

The Republican senator raised concerns about the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory while appearing on "Sunday Morning Futures" on Fox News.

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