Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post

"Other studies" didn't suggest anything "later". The same information about the lab leak theory was known all along.

Even ignoring that, the topic of the lab leak theory shouldn't have been verboten and placed into conspiracy territory by the mainstream media, because it always made sense.

It began in Wuhan. Wuhan was doing gain-of-function research on exactly viruses like these. There are like 3 total facilities in the world which do this. China is known to lie to the world. This stuff was known from the start, but somehow the left-controlled mainstream media chose to ignore it... just like they ignored how Responsible Governor Cuomo was killing nursing home residents.

All of this combined should have created tremendous skepticism regarding the "wet market" excuse, but the left and their mainstream media lapdogs were so busy pushing the "orange man so racist" narrative that they refused to consider the obvious. In fact, Twitter was actually banning discussion of the matter.

Then, once Trump lost, all of a sudden we were allowed to start exploring the obvious in 2021. How nice of them.

That is indeed groupthink, and it's indicative of the entire COVID situation on the left. You aren't allowed to question "The Science", and if you do, then you are either censored or ostracized.

This is why little children are forced to wear masks OUTDOORS at school, even though outdoor transmission is far less common than indoor transmission, and kids have tremendously better outcomes than adults (even young adults). For some reason, The Science doesn't apply there, nor did it apply to the CDC's recommendation to distribute the initial vaccines based upon "racial equity" rather than age.

The Science only becomes a factor when the left wants it to be a factor, and then they chide you for not trusting them.

But what else would you expect from the party which claims that trans women totally don't have an unfair advantage in women's sports?
I believe I've seen studies that have suggested the origins of the virus for both sides. I looked into it and nothing makes me doubt this but I do doubt it is worth my time to delve further into it as the level of expertise required to make a proper decision escapes the time I have available. My only point is that when Trump first made these claims, the only real basis was China China China! and there is a lab in that area. Again, it was not groupthink to ignore Trump when he is and was so often fundamentally wrong about things.

At the time debating whether China made a huge mistake (lab escaped covid) or not had no perceivable value outside of adding to the froth coming from the mouths of Trumpers. I mean history should judge and yes I want the world to know also, but that doesn't mean I'm going to jump on Trump's bandwagon. That is absurd.

You can question the science all day on the left, but just do it with logic. Science is a body of knowledge that constantly changes. These things we learn from science that guide us are not laws. Some simpletons seem to think that is how it works. I mean, if a scientist changes their mind it just shows they never knew what they were talking about to begin with! Rubbish.

Bringing trans woman's into this? Oh my. really?

As I've said before, the left has no defining boundry in their beliefs. That means any goofball view will be considered liberal/leftist. That is their albatross. I can just as well come up with other idiotic things from the right. Did you know that in TX the state incentivizes vigilantism by your fellow citizens in matters that in no way directly impact them. This was very much a Republican "small government" solution to having too much freedom. Not even kidding. Look it up. The media doesn't talk about that either though.. they talk about abortion though. It cuts both ways.