Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Agency Now Says

Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by unsupp0rted on Monday February 27, 2023 @08:28AM (#34956131)

I got banned from a major Coronavirus subreddit for saying in 2021 "we don't know yet how many boosters will be needed or on what schedule". This was seen as a claim that the vaccines don't work, which was patently false (at the time).

Questioning whether the virus emerged organically or came from a lab leak? That was equivalent to claiming the government is run by lizard people and the earth is flat. That's a public shaming and banning with prejudice.

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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by chiefalchemist on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:07AM (#34957238)

What concerns me is now that the facts are dripping out, the tools (i.e., public shaming) that enabled a false narrative and marginalized traditional common (i.e., asking painfully obvious questions) are still normalized.

We can't just flip a button and undo the "programming" and glorification of group think. The step in the wrong direction can't be reversed.

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