Bannon Continues To Spread “Man-Made” Virus Claims

Media Matters reports:

During the February 21 episode of his radio show War Room: Pandemic, former White House adviser Steve Bannon hosted Guo Wengui, a Chinese billionaire and fugitive who employs him, without disclosing their business relationship. In the episode, Guo claimed, without evidence, that he has “no doubt” the coronavirus is “man-made” and that it’s “ridiculous” for people to claim otherwise.

As BuzzFeed News and other outlets have noted, Bannon has significant financial ties to Guo, known as “Miles Guo” on War Room: Pandemic and by multiple other names elsewhere. Axios reported in October that in August 2018, Bannon and Guo inked a $1 million deal for Bannon’s “strategic consulting services” for a year. During the February 21 episode of Bannon’s show Guo said he has “no doubt” that COVID-19 is “man-made.”

He last appeared on JMG two weeks ago when he hosted a virologist who told him such claims are “a load of crap.”