CIA Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid's Origins

Re:CIA Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid's Origins by gtgvdfc on Sunday January 26, 2025 @04:08PM (#42834155)

I understand why China would spin it.

I understand why the NIH (who appears to have funded this) would want to spin this.

What was in it for CNN and MSNBC to spin this as racist when, IMHO, blaming COVID19 on culinary habits is far more racist? What was in it for Rachel Maddow to lecture America about the lab leak when she could have more effectively lectured us about financing the whole thing?

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Re:CIA Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid's Origins by tim333 on Sunday January 26, 2025 @05:13PM (#42834743)

I'm not American but there seemed to be some strange Republican vs Democrat thing going on where the Repubs said lab and Dems said natural. Why so I'm kind of puzzled myself. In England where I live covid questions were not especially partisan.

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Re:CIA Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid's Origins by gtgvdfc on Sunday January 26, 2025 @10:32PM (#42837120)

The partisan thing was so weird. Im right wing adjacent, and I remember that early on in the pandemic being concerned about COVID19 was a right wing thing.

It was all so stupid.

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