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Fetterman regrets dismissing COVID lab-leak theory as partisanSen. John Fetterman appeared in a suit Wednesday at a Senate hearing involving Anthony Fauci and delivered a candid assessment of his own early handling of the COVID origins debate."It's not about much more your regrets, but I have one," Fetterman said. "And that is early on that there was the theory that the virus could have emerged from the lab. And early on that became like a right wing kinds of theory. And I thought it seemed to make sense. Now there was a really advanced lab that was close by, and then you have this unknown virus out. But that became a very partisan thing. And now it seems now it's more and more emerging theory that that would have come from the lab."He continued: "Now, you know, I hope, I think that the next time our nation's facing something like this, we are not become, you know, as I might have been blinded by the partisan idea that maybe the truth might come from a side that's different than you are. But I think we should really be willing to pursue truth no matter where that may have emerged, you know, after for all of that."The Pennsylvania Democrat framed the remark as a personal lesson drawn from the pandemic's human and economic costs, stressing the need to follow evidence over political lines.