COVID-19 began in an accidental lab leak.Stewart voiced his comments on Stephen Colbert‘s Late Show on June 14, and has since come under fire.Colbert had asked Stewart for his thoughts on the “science” behind virus detection and prevention.“I think we owe a great deal of gratitude to science,” Stewart replied.To laughter from the audience, the comedian added: “Science has, in many ways, helped ease the suffering of the pandemic, which was more than likely caused by science.”Watch the interview below.Colbert followed up by asking Stewart: “‘Do you mean perhaps there’s a chance that this was created in a lab?”Stewart replied: “Oh my god, there’s a novel respiratory coronavirus overtaking Wuhan, China, what do we do?
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