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An example that jumps to mind is all of the media and academics that opposed the theory that the virus was a lab leak in china, primarily because Trump espoused
by yCombLinks 5y ago
An example that jumps to mind is all of the media and academics that opposed the theory that the virus was a lab leak in china, primarily because Trump espoused the view. As much as Trump deserved ridicule, that was a perfectly valid theory.
- musicale 5y agoPretty much. https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-medias-lab-leak-fiasco https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-medias-lab-leak-fiasco https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-...
- adamiscool8 5y agoAnother that was roundly mocked was Trump's idea about bringing "UV light inside the body" as a treatment. Lo and behold a year or so later.. [0] >Ultraviolet light treatments introduced into the tracheas of five critically ill COVID-19 patients appeared to be safe and associated with a reduction in the respiratory load of SARS-CoV-2—the virus responsible for COVID-19—in all but one patient, according to a study conducted by Cedars-Sinai. [0] https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/reduced-viral-loads-seen-in-covid-19-patients-treated-with-uva-light/ https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/reduced-viral-loads-se...
- mistermann 5y agoI have no link, but at the time everyone was falling off their chairs laughing at Trump some company was involved in trials of some sort with a similar technology with the FDA. The human mind is the most amazing phenomenon, simultaneously so amazingly capable yet so silly.