John Bickley

And what about the order to reinstate 25,000 fired federal workers? Do you think that's going to hold up?

Now, the ban on transgender identifying service members in the military, again, there's been legal pushback to that. Where do you think that's going to land in the end?

Now, the ban on transgender identifying service members in the military, again, there's been legal pushback to that. Where do you think that's going to land in the end?

Final question, broadening out again, do you believe most of these cases will end up escalating to the Supreme Court?

Final question, broadening out again, do you believe most of these cases will end up escalating to the Supreme Court?

That was the Manhattan Institute's Ilya Shapiro, author of Lawless, the Miseducation of America's Elites. And this has been a weekend edition of Morning Wire.

That was the Manhattan Institute's Ilya Shapiro, author of Lawless, the Miseducation of America's Elites. And this has been a weekend edition of Morning Wire.

In this episode, we speak with journalist and author Michael Schellenberger about the new evidence of a COVID cover-up and the media backlash for its role in pushing false narratives. I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Saturday, March 22nd, and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire.

In this episode, we speak with journalist and author Michael Schellenberger about the new evidence of a COVID cover-up and the media backlash for its role in pushing false narratives. I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Saturday, March 22nd, and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire.

Joining us now to discuss the new claims about government cover-ups related to the origins of the COVID virus is independent journalist and author Michael Schellenberger. Hey, Michael, thank you so much for joining us.

Joining us now to discuss the new claims about government cover-ups related to the origins of the COVID virus is independent journalist and author Michael Schellenberger. Hey, Michael, thank you so much for joining us.

So let's start with what we just found out from the UK related to the origins of the coronavirus. What did we just learn and how does this change the way we think about how the UK in particular handled this situation?

So let's start with what we just found out from the UK related to the origins of the coronavirus. What did we just learn and how does this change the way we think about how the UK in particular handled this situation?

And to be clear, you're saying January 2020, there's evidence that they knew all the way back then that this most likely came from the Wuhan lab.

And to be clear, you're saying January 2020, there's evidence that they knew all the way back then that this most likely came from the Wuhan lab.

Right, so credible sources of their own government agencies that are then suppressed by those governments in order to pursue this other narrative that protects not just China, but entities like the NIH here in the U.S., I wanted to highlight that the journal Nature was the one behind the Proximal Origin paper.

Right, so credible sources of their own government agencies that are then suppressed by those governments in order to pursue this other narrative that protects not just China, but entities like the NIH here in the U.S., I wanted to highlight that the journal Nature was the one behind the Proximal Origin paper.

They've just released another study last month claiming there's, quote, mounting evidence that points to raccoon dogs as the most likely source of COVID-19. So they're doubling down on this. Is it too strong to say that this is a disgraced journal at this point that's lost credibility?

They've just released another study last month claiming there's, quote, mounting evidence that points to raccoon dogs as the most likely source of COVID-19. So they're doubling down on this. Is it too strong to say that this is a disgraced journal at this point that's lost credibility?

Yeah, and like you've highlighted here, increasing evidence and consensus that the origin was in fact what everyone assumed that was using common sense at the beginning, the Wuhan lab, which makes the most sense. I want to talk about the media response to this. So we talked about nature a little bit, but the New York Times has gotten a lot of blowback in the last few days.