The problem was never with that. It's OK to speculate and ask. Most of these people Trump included, used this as a typical persuasion tactic to stop conversati

The problem was never with that. It's OK to speculate and ask. Most of these people Trump included, used this as a typical persuasion tactic to stop conversation. Similar to a child instinctively opening a different debate front to hide his misdeeds. This is actually very effective as people ended up debating if the virus was man made (which has ramifications but requires evidence). Instead of debating important short term policies (distancing, masks etc.). This type of debate was a precursor to the relatively strong anti-vaxx movement which is responsible for our current predicament. There's a way to have public discourse. they weren't they were acting as a propaganda machine. They have freedom of speech but not of amplification by commercial entities.