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I never saw lab leak called fake news. I saw it called irrelevant, not important, unlikely, not knowable , but never "fake". Just want to see the source, that

• mardifoufs 4y ago
  Here is a 2020 article calling it a conspiracy theory https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/16/tom-cotton-coronavirus-conspiracy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/16/tom-cotto... Here is a politico article explaining how Facebook won't ban you for talking about it (anymore), since they used to treat it as fake news. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/26/facebook-ban-covid-man-made-491053 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/26/facebook-ban-covid-...? "Facebook will no longer take down posts claiming that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, a company spokesperson told POLITICO on Wednesday, a move that acknowledges the renewed debate about the virus’ origins.[...] The findings have reinvigorated the debate about the so-called Wuhan lab-leak theory, once dismissed as a fringe conspiracy theory"
  • zzzeek 4y ago
    > Here is a 2020 article calling it a conspiracy theory > Facebook will no longer take down posts claiming that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, Those *are* fake news. Suggesting covid was explicitly designed, engineered and purposely released by the Chinese government is a conspiracy theory. The "lab leak" hypothesis is that a natural sample of covid was inadvertently released through shoddy lab practices. These are not the same thing. However there remains zero evidence for either one.