Francis Collins, the top public health official during the Covid pandemic, admitted that the origins of the virus remain up for debate, the lab-leak theory is not a conspiracy.

The nation's top public health official during the Covid-19 pandemic admitted that the origins of the coronavirus remain up for debate, the lab-leak theory is not a conspiracy, and there was no scientific evidence to support the government's social-distancing guidance.

Former National Institutes of Health director Dr. Francis Collins testified behind closed doors earlier this year and made those admissions to the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, according to a transcript and accompanying subcommittee memo provided to National Review.

"Do you recall science or evidence that supported the six-foot distance?" a staffer asked Collins about the Centers for Disease Control's social distancing guidance during the pandemic.