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Re:Early ‘lab-grown’ Covid virus found in sample lends weigh... by pageandrew on Thursday February 10, 2022 @12:35PM (#30289682)
> Not only can we read about this lab leak hypothesis across all media outlets, there is an ongoing debate about its validity in most respectable ones.

This was not the case throughout 2020, into 2021. Discussing the lab leak publicly was a great way to get banned from Twitter or branded a misinformation-spreading fringe alt-righter, a-la-Rogan. This was despite the fact that there was no less evidence supporting its probability.

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Re:Early ‘lab-grown’ Covid virus found in sample lends weigh... by manuelabeledo on Thursday February 10, 2022 @01:07PM (#30290138)
> This was despite the fact that there was no less evidence supporting its probability.

In the first half of 2020 there was no evidence whatsoever. Even if the hypothesis is proven true in the future, promoting it without any supporting evidence is indistinguishable from just lying.

It was indeed peddled by right wing outlets earlier in 2020, coinciding with the ongoing trade war between the US and China [1].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lab_leak_theory

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