> Does the origin of SARS-CoV-2 really matter at this point? I hear this question so often I'm beginning to get upset. Yes, it absolutely 100% matters for the

> Does the origin of SARS-CoV-2 really matter at this point? I hear this question so often I'm beginning to get upset. Yes, it absolutely 100% matters for the same reason it matters that we learn about anything. Why would we ever want to restrict our knowledge and be willfully ignorant? At this point I just assume the only reason is political. And when has that ever been a good thing for humanity or history? For all we know China is purposefully manufacturing viruses as weapons (in fact there is already some evidence of this happening), and you think it doesn't matter? Honestly none of the anti-China propaganda ever really seemed to do anything for me, but nothing has made me more leery of China than the wall of "we don't really need to know where covid came from" comments I see on the internet. I don't know or care if the person I am replying to is a shill, but I have never seen such a strong front defending ignorance before in my life. JFC everything gets flagged now instead of anyone having a discussion. I'm directly responding to part of the comment which I believe to already be political, so I'm just trying to continue the conversation that OP started. Maybe if most comments suggesting we should explore this issue weren't so quickly flagged on HN it would make me more receptive to the idea this isn't an organized political front.