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Re:Declassified U.S. report on origins of Covid-19 virus [pdf] by booleandilemma on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:01AM (#36455418)
You're right, and it's not even hard to verify it, just look at this comment from December 2020:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25587409

In the US, it's because this claim, or rejection of it, is strongly tied to political identity. Because the US is highly polarized right now, once political identity comes into play, you've left the realm of rationality and entered the realm of tribalism.

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Re:Declassified U.S. report on origins of Covid-19 virus [pdf] by userbinator on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:02AM (#36455722)
Ther rest of the comments there are worth reading too, if for nothing other than to see what the discussion was like at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25585833
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Re:Declassified U.S. report on origins of Covid-19 virus [pdf] by Klinky on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:39AM (#36455896)
Your cited comment doesn't back what the commenter you're replying to is saying. It's just making a generic political statement. It does not have an opinion on the claims they're making.
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