The Unseen Damages Fact Checking Has On Public Discourse
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By now the discussion around the potential lab leak origins of COVID-19 is where it should be - in a space where we can admit we don't know exactly what the truth is, but that there is in fact evidence of lab origins that should be investigated. This evidence was widely available to public health officials and the public as far back as February of 2020 when the pandemic began hitting Western countries and the origins battle began. Yet here we are in disarray, wondering how mainstream media and science labelled this story a 'conspiracy theory' in the first place.
The Unseen Damages Fact Checking Has On Public Discourse
The Unseen Damages Fact Checking Has On…
The Unseen Damages Fact Checking Has On Public Discourse
By now the discussion around the potential lab leak origins of COVID-19 is where it should be - in a space where we can admit we don't know exactly what the truth is, but that there is in fact evidence of lab origins that should be investigated. This evidence was widely available to public health officials and the public as far back as February of 2020 when the pandemic began hitting Western countries and the origins battle began. Yet here we are in disarray, wondering how mainstream media and science labelled this story a 'conspiracy theory' in the first place.